Lillian Gish

The Birth of a Nation

Almost a century after its release, The Birth of a Nation remains one of the most controversial film...

Way Down East

D.W. Griffith's penchant for Victorian melodrama reached its height of expression in WAY DOWN EAST. ...

Broken Blossoms

D. W. Griffith reached a pinnacle of expressiveness in this tender yet tragic tale of love and suffe...

Orphans of the Storm

Re-creating the aristocratic splendor and devestating poverty of 18th-century France, David Wark ...

Intolerance (Griffith Masterworks)

D.W. Griffith had a vision of the movies as the greatest spiritual force the world had ever known. J...

Sweet Liberty

It’s Alan Alda (Betsy’s Wedding) versus Hollywood in the writer/director/star’s hi...

Warning Shot

A routine nighttime stakeout. A shadowy figure. A foot chase, with shots fired. And then...every pol...

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