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1. The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Action
On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing. A gypsy basket peddler happens along, and is angered when the mother refuses to... See full summary »
Directors: D.W. Griffith, G.W. Bitzer | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan, Charles Inslee
Votes: 918
2. A Corner in Wheat (1909)
G | 14 min | Short, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 2,729
3. The Lonely Villa (1909)
8 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: David Miles, Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Gladys Egan
Votes: 1,085
4. 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: 641
5. 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: 169
6. The Last Drop of Water (1911)
Not Rated | 18 min | Short, Western
A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Joseph Graybill, Francis J. Grandon
Votes: 288
7. The Unchanging Sea (1910)
Not Rated | 14 min | Drama, Short
In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford
Votes: 872
8. 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: 758
9. A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
Not Rated | 16 min | Drama, Short
The children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan, John Tansey
Votes: 400
10. Votes for Women (1912)
Drama, Short
The suffrage workers are vainly endeavoring to win over Senator Herman to their cause as his vote on a certain bill they favor means its passage. May Fillmore, one of the most ardent of the... See full summary »
Director: Hal Reid | Stars: Edgena De Lespine, Gertrude Robinson, Sue Balfour, Pearl Egan
11. Ten Nights in a Barroom (1913)
Drama
A mill owner loses his mortgage, and the life of his child, because of his drinking problem.
Director: Lee Beggs | Stars: Robert Vaughn, Violet Horner, Robert Lawrence, Marie Trado
Votes: 34
12. His Trust: The Faithful Devotion and Self-Sacrifice of an Old Negro Servant (1911)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama, War
A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is killed in an exciting battle sequence, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Dell Henderson, Claire McDowell, Edith Haldeman
Votes: 650
13. The Golden Louis (1909)
5 min | Short, Drama
An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune, but he can't find her again to repay her.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Anita Hendrie, Adele DeGarde, Owen Moore, Charles Inslee
Votes: 231
14. In the Border States (1910)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama, War
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 ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles West, Charles Arling, Owen Moore, William J. Butler
Votes: 561
15. 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: 417
16. A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
16 min | Short, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy West, Kate Bruce, Dell Henderson, Charles West
Votes: 127
17. His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama
Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George, a slave, takes care of his deceased master's daughter after her mother's death. He sacrifices his own meager savings to give the girl a... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Claire McDowell, Adele DeGarde, Dorothy West
Votes: 310
18. The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)
17 min | Drama, Short
In a quaint fishing village we see the childhood sweethearts, Bill and Mary, a boy and girl of about ten or eleven years. Constant companions, they hold for each other a regard beyond their... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Edward Dillon, Gladys Egan
Votes: 33
19. They Would Elope (1909)
6 min | Short, Comedy
Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when they return home.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Billy Quirk, Mary Pickford, James Kirkwood, Kate Bruce
Votes: 71
20. The Passing of a Grouch (1910)
Comedy, Short
Director: Frank Powell | Stars: Mack Sennett, Florence Barker, Lily Cahill, Verner Clarges
21. The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama, War
A Confederate soldier shames his mother and sister by going AWOL during battle. His sister takes his place, with tragic results, leaving him to live out his life in shame, hiding to protect his family name.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Dorothy West, Grace Henderson, Charles West
Votes: 577
22. The Medicine Bottle (1909)
5 min | Short, Drama
While she attends a party, Mrs. Ross leaves her young daughter to care for her bed-ridden mother. At the party, Mrs. Ross realizes she left the wrong medicine, and desperately tries to contact her daughter before it's too late.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Florence Lawrence, Adele DeGarde, Marion Leonard, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 17
23. The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
Short, Romance
A blind princess is informed that her sight can be restored by the first kiss of unselfish love she receives. She remains blind until a humble poet steals a kiss.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Charles West, Francis J. Grandon, Dell Henderson
Votes: 51
24. Two Little Rangers (1912)
15 min | Short, Drama, Western
"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She receives a beating for her trouble. Jim, a ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Vinnie Burns, Blanche Cornwall, Gladys Egan, Magda Foy
Votes: 66
25. The Voice of the Violin (1909)
16 min | Short
A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his anger he joins a communist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house. When he realizes it's Helen's house, he tries to stop the plan.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Frank Powell, David Miles
Votes: 181
26. The Englishman and the Girl (1910)
11 min | Short, Comedy
A small-town drama group's rehearsal is interrupted when one of their members receives a letter telling him his English relative is arriving for a visit. The Englishman turns out to be a ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Kate Bruce, Charles Craig, Mary Pickford
Votes: 45
27. In the North Woods (1912)
Short, Crime, Drama
A trapper, confident of the safety of his wife and child in the boundless woods while he is away on his trip to the trading post, a day's journey, leaves for that place to dispose of the ... See full summary »
Directors: D.W. Griffith, Wilfred Lucas | Stars: Charles West, Claire McDowell, Gladys Egan, Elmer Booth
Votes: 15
28. As It Is in Life (1910)
16 min | Drama, Short
A widowed father devotes his life to his daughter, who swears to stay with him forever. Then a handsome young man shows up and sweeps her off her feet.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford, Marion Leonard
Votes: 252
29. 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: 139
30. A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
13 min | Drama, Short
A drinking man arrives home, late and sozzled as usual. His wife reminds him that he promised to take their child to a play. The play proves to be a morality tale about the evils of drink; ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Adele DeGarde, Charles Avery
Votes: 272
31. The Way of the World (1910)
16 min | Drama, Short
The old priest is deeply grieved over the empty church, when his young assistant decides to follow the Master's footsteps and go among the people as an example. Donning civilian garb, he ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, George Nichols, Florence Barker, Gertrude Claire
Votes: 18
32. After Many Years (1908)
17 min | Drama, Short
John Davis, first mate of the brig "Gifford," is seen bidding his wife and infant a tearful adieu on the eve of the sailing of his ship. Caught in a terrible storm in the Pacific Ocean, the... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles Inslee, Florence Lawrence, Harry Solter, Gladys Egan
Votes: 85
33. The Making of a Man (1911)
17 min | Short, Drama
A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks away to join him in the next town, but her father forces her to return home...
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dell Henderson, Blanche Sweet, Edwin August, Kate Bruce
Votes: 87
34. What Drink Did (1909)
12 min | Short, Drama
A man returns home a mean drunk after drinks after work. When he makes a habit of it, his little girl goes searching to fetch her father home, with tragic results.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: David Miles, Florence Lawrence, Gladys Egan, Adele DeGarde
Votes: 216
35. Through the Breakers (1909)
11 min | Short, Drama
A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Marion Leonard, Adele DeGarde, Kate Bruce
Votes: 46
36. Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama
Reliable authority states that nine million human lives were sacrificed through the zeal of fanatical reformers during the Christian epoch. Religious fanaticism was in most cases the cause,... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Dorothy West, Clara T. Bracy, Henry B. Walthall, George Nichols
Votes: 97
37. The Slave (1909)
11 min | Short, Drama
A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy food.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Florence Lawrence, James Kirkwood, Harry Solter, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 44
38. Wanted, a Child (1909)
3 min | Short, Drama
A poor, elderly couple with many children is tempted when the husband's brother offers to pay to adopt one of the children himself. However, when forced to choose, the parents realize they can't part with any of their children.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Kate Bruce, Linda Arvidson, Adele DeGarde
Votes: 17
39. The Ruling Passion (1911)
18 min | Drama, Short
A brother and sister decide to play pirates with a real boat. It becomes untied from the dock and drifts away with the kids in it. Soon it starts to sink. Their father hires a motor boat to rescue them before it's too late.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Edna Foster, Wilfred Lucas, Claire McDowell, Marie Newton
40. Examination Day at School (1910)
17 min | Short, Comedy
You can catch more flies with honey than will gall, and you rule easier by kindness than by tyranny. This fact is shown in this Biograph pastoral, which indeed might prove a lesson to ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: W. Chrystie Miller, Kate Bruce, Francis J. Grandon, William J. Butler
Votes: 40
41. The Roue's Heart (1909)
8 min | Short, Drama
Mons. Flamant, a typical roué of the French nobility, is surrounded by all the pleasures and pastimes his fabulous wealth can procure, but still at times he suffers extreme weariness and ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Harry Solter, Marion Leonard, Linda Arvidson, John R. Cumpson
42. The Banker's Daughters (1910)
16 min | Short, Drama
The crook is ever possessed of an clement of subtlety and inventive ingenuity, which, if exercised in worthy efforts would be highly commendable. Fate, however, always ethical, is ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Verner Clarges, Stephanie Longfellow, Dorothy West, Anthony O'Sullivan
Votes: 69
43. The Seventh Day (1909)
8 min | Short, Drama
A neglectful woman wants custody of her children in her divorce. The judge rules that he will give her the children only if she can demonstrate her children's love for her within a week.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Rose King, Gladys Egan, John Tansey
Votes: 22
44. The Usurer (1910)
Not Rated | 17 min | Drama, Short
A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Grace Henderson, Alfred Paget, Anthony O'Sullivan
Votes: 281
45. A Child's Impulse (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama
Mrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To these functions are invited the leading lights of the several professions, actors, artists, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Vivian Prescott, Charles West, Mary Pickford, Joseph Graybill
Votes: 83
46. A Child's Faith (1910)
11 min | Short, Drama
At the opening of the story we find Alice Paulton incurring the extreme displeasure of her father by rejecting the suit of the favored young man of her father for one of her own choice. ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Florence Barker, Alfred Paget, Mack Sennett
Votes: 62
47. The Call (1910)
11 min | Short, Drama
A story of life under the "white top." Edith Lawson is engaged as the star dancer of a traveling tent show. Her circus name is Fatima. Billy Harvey, one of the performers, and a part owner ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Florence Barker, Henry B. Walthall, James Kirkwood, Kate Bruce
Votes: 54
48. The Christmas Burglars (1908)
11 min | Short, Comedy
It is Christmas Eve. Mrs. Martin, the poor widowed mother of a seven-year-old child, returns to her cheerless apartment, after a long day's tramp in search of work, and all in vain. The ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Florence Lawrence, Adele DeGarde, Charles Inslee, John R. Cumpson
Votes: 63
49. Was Justice Served? (1909)
10 min | Short, Drama
An ex-con is accused of stealing a wallet, but the real thief happens to be on the jury and refuses to vote for a guilty verdict.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Gladys Egan, Charles Avery, Verner Clarges
Votes: 18
50. The Broken Doll (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama
Joe Stevens came out west to court fortune prospecting in the mountains. He has met with more than fair success and writes his wife that she might join him as soon as she could. Wishing to ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Gladys Egan, Mack Sennett, Linda Arvidson, Clara T. Bracy
Votes: 60