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    Abraham Lincoln 1930 POSTER

    Abraham Lincoln

    1930

    English

    5.7

    11

    75%

    36%

    Action

    american civil war

    assassination

    biography

    Biography

    courtship

    debate

    Drama

    History

    illinois

    War

    D.W. Griffith D.W. Griffith Director Edgar Dearing Edgar Dearing as Armstrong Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall as Colonel Marshall Jason Robards Sr. Jason Robards Sr. as Herndon E. Alyn Warren E. Alyn Warren as Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
    A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
    Way Down East 1920 POSTER

    Way Down East

    1920

    English

    7.3

    13

    96%

    70%

    Action

    country girl

    Drama

    fake wedding

    Romance

    silent film

    waterfall

    D.W. Griffith D.W. Griffith Director Lillian Gish Lillian Gish as Anna Moore Richard Barthelmess Richard Barthelmess as David Bartlett Paul Porcasi Paul Porcasi as Party Guest Burr McIntosh Burr McIntosh as Squire Bartlett
    A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
    Intolerance 1916 POSTER

    Intolerance

    1916

    English

    7.7

    23

    98%

    76%

    Action

    Drama

    History

    intolerance

    marriage

    massacre

    mill

    naivety

    wedding

    D.W. Griffith D.W. Griffith Director Spottiswoode Aitken Spottiswoode Aitken as Brown Eyes's Father Marguerite Marsh Marguerite Marsh as Debutante F.A. Turner F.A. Turner as The Dear One's Father Elmo Lincoln Elmo Lincoln as The Mighty Man of Valor
    The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
    The Birth of a Nation 1915 POSTER

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915

    English

    6.1

    27

    91%

    40%

    Action

    american civil war

    army

    Drama

    History

    ku klux klan

    racist

    silent film

    southern usa

    War

    D.W. Griffith D.W. Griffith Director Spottiswoode Aitken Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron Lillian Gish Lillian Gish as Elsie - Stoneman's Daughter Dark Cloud Dark Cloud as General at Appomatox Surrender Elmo Lincoln Elmo Lincoln as White-Arm Joe - Blacksmith
    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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