D.W. Griffith — Director (170)

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A Calamitous Elopement (1908) WikiData IMDb TMDB
A Calamitous Elopement
director: D.W. Griffith actor: Harry Solter / Linda Arvidson …
other title: Une déclaration difficile
A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of the house. They thus decide to elope, and they make plans accordingly. But as they are leaving, a thief discovers their plans, and he decides to turn the situation to his own advantage.

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An Awful Moment (1908) WikiData IMDb TMDB
An Awful Moment
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home and plots a vicious revenge on his wife (Florence Lawrence).

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The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
director: D.W. Griffith actor: Mae Marsh / Claire McDowell …
other title: La Jeune Téléphoniste et la Femme du monde
D.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The film focuses on a telephone girl who leaves work for her lunch break at the same time as "The Lady" goes to a jewelry store to pick up some priceless jewels. When the telephone girl returns to work she gets a phone call from the house of "The Lady" as a robber has broken in and is trying to steal the jewels.

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The Sands of Dee (1912) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Sands of Dee
director: D.W. Griffith actor: Mae Marsh / Robert Harron …
A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day she meets a wily artist painting on the beach, he seduces the young girl and gives her a ring, with the promise of marriage. When the young admiring fellow comes to propose, she proudly announces her engagement to the artist. Shocked he leaves and her parents demand meeting her husband to be. She goes to bring him home, and finds he already has a sophisticated fiancée. Distraught she hurries home, and when her father realizes what she has done, he orders her out of the house. As she wanders despondent along the sea, the young fellow who has found out about her betrayal, immediately goes to see her. Finding she has been disowned by her father, he goes looking for her...

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The Mender of Nets (1912) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Mender of Nets
director: D.W. Griffith actor: Mary Pickford / Charles West …
A young woman who works mending fishermen's nets is engaged to be married. But her fiancé has an old love who refuses to let him go. Further, his former girlfriend has a brother who is willing to use violence to protect his sister's honor.

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The Two Paths (1911) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Two Paths
Two sisters, Nellie and Florence, support themselves and their mother by sewing. A man accompanying a wealthy client tempts first Nellie and then Florence to leave with him. Nellie rejects him, but Florence goes to his decadent apartment and becomes his mistress. Nellie marries a diligent carpenter and raises a growing family. Eventually the Tempter tosses Florence out, and she dies alone and impoverished.

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Through Darkening Vales (1911) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Through Darkening Vales
other title: Through Darkened Vales
Hard-working Dave loves Grace, but she rejects him for a flashier suitor. Grace is blinded in an accident, and her suitor abandons her. Meanwhile, Dave also goes blind from eye strain caused by overwork. Dave learns of Grace's misfortune and gives a doctor the money he was saving for his own operation, so her sight can be restored.

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The Squaw's Love (1911) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Squaw's Love
director: D.W. Griffith actor: Mabel Normand / Alfred Paget …
other title: 印第安情詩
Wild Flower follows her banished lover, Gray Fox, into the wilderness. Her departure is witnessed by Silver Fawn, who mistakenly thinks Wild Flower is stealing her fiancé. Silver Fawn sets out in pursuit and jealously attacks Wild Flower. They fall into the river but are rescued by Gray Fox.

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His Trust Fulfilled (1911) WikiData IMDb TMDB
His Trust Fulfilled
other title: Cumplió con su responsabilidad
Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's daughter after her mother's death. He sacrifices his own meager savings to give the girl a good life, until the money runs out and he tries to steal money from the girl's rich cousin.

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Fighting Blood (1911) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Fighting Blood
director: D.W. Griffith actor: George Nichols / Kate Bruce …
other title: 戰爭中的血液
After the Civil War, an ex-soldier and his family settle in the Dakota Territory. The son quarrels with the father and leaves home. Riding in the hills, he spots a band of Indians attacking a neighboring homestead, and he races back to warn his family as the Indians chase him.

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Enoch Arden: Part II (1911) IMDb TMDB
Enoch Arden: Part II
director: D.W. Griffith actor: Wilfred Lucas / Linda Arvidson …
Annie remains faithful to her husband, Enoch, even though he's been lost at sea for many years. Finally her grown children convince her to marry Philip, her former suitor. Enoch is rescued from the deserted isle where he has been stranded, and returns home. He discovers Annie's new life, and decides not to interrupt her happiness.

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Wilful Peggy (1910) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Wilful Peggy
director: D.W. Griffith actor: Mary Pickford / Clara T. Bracy …
Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complications arise when the lord's nephew also becomes attracted to Peggy.