D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

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The Birth of a Nation 1915 (5.981)

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 (7.087)

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919 (6.888)

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.
Captain Vic

Captain Vic

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Laughing at Death 1929

One of the doubles is the prince of the mythical country of Libania, while the other is a down-to-earth college student, working his way through school as a ship's stoker. Inevitably, the stoker poses as the prince to save the latter from political assassins