William J. Butler — Actor (17)
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A Timely Interception (1913)
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D.W. Griffith actor: W. Chrystie Miller / Lillian Gish …
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up for sale to repay his creditors. Meanwhile, a man from the oil syndicate discovers oil on the farmer's land. Moving quickly, the syndicate tries to buy the farm before the farmer knows what he is selling. -Harpodeon
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A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
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D.W. Griffith actor: Dorothy West / Kate Bruce …
After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals some money and Ruth is accused of the crime. She flees the ghetto of New York's Lower East Side and hides in the country where she meets a young farmer.
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The Squaw's Love (1911)
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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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Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
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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)
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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.
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In the Border States (1910)
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D.W. Griffith actor: Charles West / Charles Arling …
other title: En los estados fronterizos / 境界州にて
During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leaves, Confederate troops forage on his property, where a soldier encounters one of his daughters. The father himself is wounded on a hazardous mission and must run for his life, pursued by Confederate soldiers.
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The Modern Prodigal (1910)
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D.W. Griffith actor: Guy Hedlund / George Nichols …
In the opening of this subject we find the callow youth as he points towards the city's spires, exclaiming to his dear old mother, "Mother, there in the big city is my sphere. There will I turn the world over." Off he goes cityward, ambitious and presumptuous, and perhaps we may add reckless. Alas, the city's whirl is quite a change from the simple quiet life in the country and the youth falls a victim to the snares that beset the unsophisticated.
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The House with Closed Shutters (1916)
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大卫·格里菲斯 actor: 亨利·B·沃斯奥 / Grace Henderson …
other title: 闭门塞户 / 门窗紧闭的屋子 …
During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; his sister puts on his uniform, takes her brother's place in the battle, and is killed. Their mother, not wanting the shameful truth to become known, closes all the shutters (hence the film's title) and keeps her son's presence a secret for many years, though two boyhood chums stumble upon the truth...
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Judith of Bethulia (1914)
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大卫·格里菲斯 actor: 布兰彻·斯薇特 / 亨利·B·沃斯奥 …
other title: 伯图里亚的朱迪斯 / 贝斯利亚女王 …
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ready to surrender.