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Title Director Cast Genre Notes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Stuart Paton: Jane Gail, Allen Holubar, Matt Moore: Action Adventure: Universal.Based on the novel by Jules Verne: The Abandonment
Bought and Paid For (1916 film) The Brand of Cowardice. The Brave Ones. The Bread Peddler (1916 film) Bright Lights (1916 film) The Broken Cross (1916 film) Broken Fetters. The Broken Melody (1916 film) The Bruiser.
100 minutes. Country. United States. Languages. Silent film. (English intertitles) The Ne'er-Do-Well is a 1916 American silent adventure crime drama film directed by Colin Campbell, and starring Wheeler Oakman, Kathlyn Williams, Harry Lonsdale, Frank Clark, and Norma Nichols. It is based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Rex Beach. The film ...
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The film consists of four distinct, but parallel, stories—intercut with increasing frequency as the film builds to a climax—that demonstrate humankind's persistent intolerance throughout the ages. The timeline covers approximately 2,500 years. 1. The ancient "Babylonian" story (539 BC) depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and C...
Intolerance was a colossal undertaking featuring monumental sets, lavish period costumes, and more than 3,000 extras. The lot on Sunset Boulevard featured a Babylon set with 300-foot (91 m) tall walls as well as streets of Judea and medieval France. The total payroll for extras was reported to have reached $12,000 daily. Griffith began shooting the...
Intolerance was met with an enthusiastic reception from film critics upon its premiere. Scholar Frank Beaver argues that "Griffith's intended message in Intolerance was not lost on reviewers", noting that in The San Francisco Bulletin a contemporary critic declared, "Griffith's film comes powerfully to strengthen the hand of the believers in love."...
Intolerance and its unorthodox editing were enormously influential, particularly among European and Soviet filmmakers. Many of the numerous assistant directors Griffith employed in making the film—Erich von Stroheim, Tod Browning, Woody Van Dyke—went on to become important and noted Hollywood directors in subsequent years.[citation needed] The film...
Intolerance is now in the public domain. There are currently four major versions of the film in circulation on home video. 1. The Killiam Shows Version – Taken from a third-generation 16 millimeter print, this version contains an organ score by Gaylord Carter. Running approximately 176 minutes, it is the version that has been the most widely seen i...
Drew, William M. (2001) [1986]. D.W. Griffith's Intolerance: Its Genesis and Its Vision. Jefferson, NJ: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-1209-9.
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Jun 30, 2016 · Filmed during the first world war’s bloodiest episode in 1916, The Battle of the Somme remains one of the most successful films ever made. Throughout the autumn of 1916 around 20 million people ...
Notable films released in 1916. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, directed by Stuart Paton for Universal Pictures, starring Curtis Benton and Alan Holubar (as Capt. Nemo), based on the novel by Jules Verne. The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Directed by Francis Ford. The Americano Directed by John Emerson.
Dec 31, 2014 · Publisher. Triangle Film Corporation. Director D.W. Griffith's expensive, most ambitious silent film masterpiece Intolerance (1916) is one of the milestones and landmarks in cinematic history. Many reviewers and film historians consider it the greatest film of the silent era. The mammoth film was also subtitled: "A Sun-Play of the Ages" and ...
