Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Read More »
Tag Archives: D.W. Griffith
Sally of the Sawdust (1925) D.W. Griffith, Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, Alfred Lunt
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. Read More »
Isnt Life Wonderful (1924) D.W. Griffith, Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, Erville Alderson
The story follows a Polish professor and his family who have become refugees in the aftermath of World War I. Read More »
Orphans of the Storm (1921) D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut
Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. Read More »
Dream Street (1921) D.W. Griffith, Carol Dempster, Charles Emmett Mack, Ralph Graves
Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl. Read More »
The Birth of a Nation (1915) D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall
Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. Read More »
The White Rose (1923) D.W. Griffith, Mae Marsh, Carol Dempster, Ivor Novello, Drama, Romance
A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what “the real world” is all about. Read More »
The Battle of the Sexes (1928) D.W. Griffith, Jean Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bennett, Comedy
Abraham Lincoln (1930) D.W. Griffith, Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Biography, Drama, History
Brief vignettes about Lincoln’s early life include his birth, early jobs, (unsubstantiated) affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates Read More »
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) D.W. Griffith, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, Drama, Romance
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Read More »
Lady of the Pavements (1929) D.W. Griffith, Lupe Velez, Jetta Goudal, Albert Conti, Drama, Romance
Karl, a German diplomat in Paris, discovers that his fiancee, Diane, has been cheating on him. He tells her that he would rather marry a “girl of the streets” than her. Read More »
Drums of Love (1928) D.W. Griffith, Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado, Drama, Romance
Princess Emmanuella agrees to marry the Duke of a neighboring kingdom in order to keep the peace between their two countries. Read More »
The Greatest Question (1919) D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Ralph Graves, Drama
An orphan girl is given shelter by a farm family, but soon finds herself in the clutches of a murderous farmer and his wife.
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