David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera and narrative techniques, and its immense popularity set the stage for the dominance of the feature-length film. It also proved extremely controversial at the time and ever since for its negative depiction of Black Americans and their supporters, and its positive portrayal of slavery and the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith responded to his critics with his next film, Intolerance, intended to show the dangers of prejudiced thought and behavior. The film was not the financial success that its predecessor had been, but was received warmly by critics. Several of his later films were also successful, but high production, promotional, and roadshow costs often made his ventures commercial failures. Even so, he is generally considered one of the most important figures of early cinema.
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Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023·7.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020·8.0
Flashback: The First World War
2014·9.0
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008·5.0
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007·4.3
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002·7.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998·10.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·8.0
The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'
1993·6.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961·7.0
San Francisco
1936·6.6
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
1930·4.5
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921·0.0
Enoch Arden
1915·6.3
Two Daughters of Eve
1912·0.0
The Adventures of Billy
1911·5.7
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
1909·5.2
At the Altar
1909·4.0
The Politician's Love Story
1909·4.3
The Girls and Daddy
1909·3.0
The Heart of O Yama
1908·1.5
The Red Girl
1908·3.5
Balked at the Altar
1908·3.3
The Fatal Hour
1908·2.5
A Calamitous Elopement
1908·4.2
Deceived Slumming Party
1908·6.0
The Black Viper
1908·4.2
The Stage Rustler
1908·3.5
The Kentuckian
1908·1.0
At the Crossroads of Life
1908·4.0
At the French Ball
1908·4.5
The Man in the Box
1908·3.0
The Invisible Fluid
1908·5.0
'Ostler Joe
1908·0.0
When Knights Were Bold
1908·3.2
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908·4.3
The Music Master
1908·3.0
The King's Messenger
1908·1.0
Hulda's Lovers
1908·1.5
King of the Cannibal Islands
1908·2.0
A Famous Escape
1908·0.0
Old Isaacs, the Pawnbroker
1908·2.0
Caught by Wireless
1908·2.8
Her First Adventure
1908·4.6
The Yellow Peril
1908·3.0
Cupid’s Pranks
1908·3.6
The Princess in the Vase
1908·0.0
Classmates
1908·3.0
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
1908·5.5
Falsely Accused!
1908·2.8
Professional Jealousy
1908·0.0