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51. The Painted Lady (1912)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems interested in her. However, unknown to her... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Madge Kirby, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce
Votes: 646
52. The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
17 min | Western, Short
Three outlaws, pursued by the posse, are crossing the desert when a child's cry halts them. Near a deserted wagon they see a mountain lion about to devour a baby, whose late guardians lie ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Alfred Paget, Henry B. Walthall, Harry Carey, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 14
53. Reggie Mixes In (1916)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Reginald Morton is a wealthy idler of athletic tendencies. He has become bored with the shallow social set in which he moves, although he is engaged to marry Dorothy Fleming, a member of it... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Joseph Singleton, William Lowery
Votes: 616
54. Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Mrs. Jones is a member of the Ladies' Temperance League, and has invited the sisters of the League to a luncheon at the Jones domicile. She receives a note to the effect that they will ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, Jeanie Macpherson, Flora Finch
Votes: 25
55. Macbeth (1916)
80 min | Drama, History
Shakespeare's tragedy of the Scots nobleman whose ambition leads him to betrayal, murder, and damnation.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Constance Collier, Wilfred Lucas, Spottiswoode Aitken
Votes: 34
56. American Aristocracy (1916)
Passed | 52 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Jewel Carmen, C.A. de Lima, Albert Parker
Votes: 127
57. The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
70 min | Drama, Romance, War
Jeannette Peret, daughter of a cigar-store owner, leaves her Greenwich Village home for France in hopes of finding there the love which eludes her at home. She becomes enamored of le Bebe, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Adolph Lestina, David Butler
Votes: 88
58. The Mother and the Law (1919)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A re-edited version of the 'modern' story from Intolerance (1916).
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Vera Lewis
Votes: 247
59. Drums of Love (1928)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado, Tully Marshall
Votes: 102
60. The Dishonored Medal (1914)
Adventure
While with the French Foreign Legion in Algeria, Lt. Dubois seduces the lovely Zora, leaving her with a child and his medal for bravery. Sheik Achmed generously befriends Zora, and when she... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Miriam Cooper, George Gebhardt, Raoul Walsh, Frank Bennett
Votes: 45
61. The Lonedale Operator (1911)
Unrated | 17 min | Short, Drama, Romance
When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon gets word that the next train will deliver the payroll for a mining ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, George Nichols, Francis J. Grandon, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 1,345
62. So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
17 min | Short, Crime, Romance
A very pretty girl is always surrounded by many male admirers, much to the dismay of one very shy fellow, who gets his chance to impress her when two burglars break in.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Walter Miller, Mary Pickford, L.M. Wells, Robert Harron
Votes: 133
63. The Redman's View (1909)
14 min | Short, Western
An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Owen Moore, Lottie Pickford, Kate Bruce, Charles Craig
Votes: 419
64. The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Nora, a wild girl who lives with her alcoholic father, is forced to attend school. The untamed girl, who does not know how to socialize, is soon taunted by the other children. She warms ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Edwin August, Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Bert Hendler
Votes: 82
65. The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
17 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
Some tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy Bernard, Wilfred Lucas, Alfred Paget, Charles Hill Mailes
Votes: 1,301
66. The Necklace (1909)
11 min | Short, Drama
Miss Louise Leroque was one of those charming young ladies, born, as if through an error of destiny, into a family of clerks, and after she married John Kendrick, she suffered an incessant ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Rose King, Herbert Prior, Caroline Harris, Mary Pickford
Votes: 63
67. The Love Flower (1920)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
A man murders his wife's lovers, escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, Richard Barthelmess, George MacQuarrie, Anders Randolf
Votes: 188
68. One Exciting Night (1922)
Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A young orphan girl, courted by an unpleasant older wealthy man who has a hold over her adoptive mother, falls in love with a young stranger at a party. Odd noises begin to be heard as a ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, Henry Hull, Porter Strong, Morgan Wallace
Votes: 188 | Gross: $0.41M
69. The Greatest Question (1919)
80 min | 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.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Ralph Graves, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 754
70. The New York Hat (1912)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama
A dying mother bequeaths money in trust for her teenage daughter to the pastor. When he buys the girl an expensive new hat, scandal breaks out, as local gossips assume something fishy is going on between the pastor and the pretty girl.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 936
71. The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
7 min | Short, Comedy
No more popular fad has ever struck the feminine fancy than the peachbasket hat. This is a creation of headgear that for size outstrips anything yet designed by the disordered mind of the ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: John R. Cumpson, Florence Lawrence, Anita Hendrie, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 60
72. Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
Not Rated | 8 min | Action, Short
A family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Miss Earle, Jinnie Frazer, D.W. Griffith, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 859
73. That Royle Girl (1925)
Passed | 114 min | Comedy, Drama
Joan Royle, beautiful but naive model who came from the slums, falls for Fred Ketlar, the leader of a dance band. When Fred's estranged wife Adele is murdered, Fred is arrested and ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, James Kirkwood, Harrison Ford
Votes: 36
74. Love Among the Roses (1910)
16 min | Short, Romance
In the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their own domain. This great Lord goes for a stroll through his estate and coming to the border of ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Marion Leonard, Dorothy West, Arthur V. Johnson
Votes: 69
75. Falsely Accused! (1908)
Short, Drama
A wealthy old alchemist and inventor has just perfected a motion picture camera with which he hopes to revolutionize the art of animated photography, and our story opens with the old man in... See full synopsis »
Director: Wallace McCutcheon | Stars: Edward Dillon, D.W. Griffith
Votes: 53
76. The Country Doctor (1909)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama
While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Florence Lawrence, Gladys Egan, Kate Bruce
Votes: 769
77. Effecting a Cure (1910)
Comedy, Short
Mr. Wilkens gets drunk at his club one night and has to rely on the other clubmen to carry him home. In order to cure his drinking, Mrs. Wilkens and the clubmen conspire to play a trick on ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Mack Sennett, Stephanie Longfellow, Kate Bruce, Florence Barker
78. Man's Genesis (1912)
17 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
A man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man. Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: W. Chrystie Miller, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 114
79. Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
7 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story, while not biographical, is founded on incidents in his life, showing his devotion for his sick wife, Virginia. Desperate from his utter helplessness to ameliorate his dying ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Barry O'Moore, Linda Arvidson, Arthur V. Johnson, Charles Perley
Votes: 563
80. Romance of a Jewess (1908)
10 min | Drama, Short
This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic plot involves the conflict between generations in an immigrant Jewish family.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Florence Lawrence, George Gebhardt, Gladys Egan, John R. Cumpson
Votes: 143
81. The Cord of Life (1909)
9 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met with a positive rebuff, and when he ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles Inslee, Marion Leonard, George Gebhardt, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 141
82. The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, War
Story of two brothers who go off to France to fight in World War I, the women who love them and an American expatriate living in France who rallies behind his former country.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Adolph Lestina, Carol Dempster, Frances Parks, Richard Barthelmess
Votes: 142
83. Dream Street (1921)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Carol Dempster, Ralph Graves, Charles Emmett Mack, Edward Peil Sr.
Votes: 212
84. The Massacre (1912)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, War
The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Alfred Paget
Votes: 357
85. The Sunbeam (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Drama, Short, Romance
In a tenement boarding-house, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks. Believing that the bachelor... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Ynez Seabury, Kate Bruce, Claire McDowell, Dell Henderson
Votes: 420
86. Scarlet Days (1919)
77 min | Adventure, Romance, Western
A romantic bandit named Alvarez, wanted for raids on the mining camps of the California gold rush in 1849, is reformed by the love of a good woman.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Richard Barthelmess, Eugenie Besserer, Carol Dempster, Clarine Seymour
Votes: 477
87. An Arcadian Maid (1910)
11 min | Drama, Short
A young girl looking for work, is hired by a farmer's wife to work as a maid. A smooth talking peddler comes by the farm, and flirts with the young maid. He gives the naive girl an ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett, George Nichols, Kate Bruce
Votes: 215
88. The White Rose (1923)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Joseph, a wealthy young Southern aristocrat, graduates from a seminary; before he takes charge of his assigned parish, he decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Carol Dempster, Ivor Novello, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 223 | Gross: $0.25M
89. The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)
15 min | Short, Drama
In this latter-day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young burglar is about to enter the house. The jealous brother summons police, who then charge ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Harry Carey
Votes: 423
90. Friends (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Western, Romance
The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey
Votes: 315
91. One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
15 min | Short, Drama
Griffith 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 ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles West, Dorothy Bernard, Edwin August, Blanche Sweet
Votes: 333
92. Footlight Varieties (1951)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music
A compilation of scenes and acts from various comedy and musical shorts over the years.
Directors: D.W. Griffith, Benjamin Stoloff, Hal Yates | Stars: Jack Paar, Leon Errol, The Sportsmen Quartet, Bill Days
Votes: 61
93. An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
50 min | Drama
Dorothy Raleigh is a high-spirited Southern beauty who has been brought up by her father, Col. Raleigh, an unreconstructed Kentuckian, to have nothing to do with the townspeople of the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Lillian Gish, Spottiswoode Aitken, Sam De Grasse, Mary Alden
Votes: 57
94. Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
11 min | Short, Drama
Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Linda Arvidson, George Nichols, James Kirkwood, Kate Bruce
Votes: 129
95. The Great Love (1918)
70 min | Drama, War
An idealistic young American during World War I, itching to fight the Germans and not wanting to wait until the U. S. joined the war, journeys to Canada and enlists in the British army. He ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Fawcett, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Gloria Hope
Votes: 71
97. Fighting Blood (1911)
18 min | Short, Action, Western
An old soldier on the frontier, the father of a dozen children, a staunch patriot himself, brings these children up with rigid military training. He conducts his household as a garrison ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Kate Bruce, Robert Harron, Florence La Badie
Votes: 170
98. The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
10 min | Short, Drama
In the little Italian city of Cremona there dwelt Taddeo Ferrari, a violin maker and student of Andrea Amati, the most famous of the craft. Ferrari's pretty daughter, Giannina, was beloved ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Herbert Prior, Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, David Miles
Votes: 150
99. The Battle of the Sexes (1914)
50 min | Drama
Frank Andrews is a successful businessman. He has always found pride and joy in the company of his wife, son and daughter. He suddenly finds himself enthralled by the advances of a gay ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Donald Crisp, Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mary Alden
Votes: 103
100. Her Awakening (I) (1914)
Short, Drama
The will of old Dr. Andrews left the bulk of his property to his niece, Mary, who was an orphan living in a distant mining town. The small balance of his wealth went to a married nephew, ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Wallace Reid, Ralph Lewis, Irene Hunt