Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a girl who lives in his building.Read More »
D.W. Griffith
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D.W. Griffith – The Miser’s Heart (1911)
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D.W. Griffith – Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
Drama1911-1920D.W. GriffithSilentThe Birth of CinemaUSAEnoch Arden, a humble fisherman, marries Annie Lee. He signs on as a sailor to make more money to support their growing family. A storm wrecks his ship, but Enoch swims to a deserted island. Annie waits vainly for his return.Read More »
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D.W. Griffith – The Usurer (1910)
1901-1910D.W. GriffithDramaSilentThe Birth of CinemaUSAA wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money’s limitations.Read More »
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D.W. Griffith & G.W. Bitzer – The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
1901-1910ActionD.W. GriffithG.W. BitzerSilentThe Birth of CinemaOn a warm and sunny summer’s day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing. A gypsy basket peddler happens along, and is angered when the mother refuses to buy his wares. He attacks mother and daughter but is driven off by the father. Later the gypsy sneaks back and kidnaps the girl. A rescue party is organized but the gypsy conceals the child in a 30 gallon barrel which he precariously places on the tail of the wagon. He and his gypsy-wife make their getaway by fording the river with the wagon. The barrel, with Dollie still inside, breaks free, tumbling into into the river; it starts floating toward the peril of a nearby waterfall…
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D.W. Griffith – An Unseen Enemy (1912)
1911-1920CrimeD.W. GriffithSilentThe Birth of CinemaUSAThe physician’s death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor’s small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father’s household safe. The slatternly housekeeper, aware of the money, enlists a criminal acquaintance to crack the safe. She attempts to get into the adjacent room where the sisters tremble in fear, but finds that the door is locked. The drunken housekeeper menaces them by brandishing a gun through a hole in the wall. But the resourceful girls use the telephone to call their brother who has returned to town. He gets the message and organizes a rescue party.Read More »
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D.W. Griffith – One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
1911-1920D.W. GriffithDramaSilentThe Birth of CinemaUSAGriffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other is poor. Time passes, and in desperation over joblessness, the poor husband attempts to burgle a home, only to be captured a gunpoint by the mistress of the house. It is the home of the rich couple. While holding the poor intruder at gunpoint, the rich wife accidentally discovers evidence implicating her own husband in a bribery scheme…Read More »
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D.W. Griffith – The Mothering Heart (1913)
USA1911-1920D.W. GriffithDramaSilentThe Birth of CinemaA young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and takes up with another woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother’s home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his concubine, remorse drives him to find his wife…Read More »
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D.W. Griffith – The New York Hat (1912)
1911-1920D.W. GriffithDramaSilentUSAThe young village minister was not quite as discreet as he might have been in fulfilling the strange trust left by the dying mother, but it certainly worked for the common good. By the bequest the mother desired that her daughter possess some of the finery previously denied her. As a result the minister and Mary were linked in a scandal, with the church board in judgment. Gossip received the laugh, however, as it generally does, while the minister assumed a trust quite unexpected.Read More »
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D.W. Griffith – His Trust: The Faithful Devotion and Self-Sacrifice of an Old Negro Servant (1911)
1911-1920D.W. GriffithSilentThe Birth of CinemaUSAWarA Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is killed in an exciting battle sequence, George continues in his caring duties, faithful to his trust. Events continue to turn for the worse when invading Yankee soldiers arrive to loot and torch the widow’s home. George saves the officer’s daughter and battle sword by braving the flames.Read More »