With Biograph Company (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Red Man's View
137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama | Pre-production
A film about a Shoshone band who lived in a secluded valley in the 1860's, during the time of the last 'Free' roaming Native Americans in the midst of the American Civil War. They are discovered by a group of Union soldiers and squatters, and forced to move from their home. They are moved from valley to valley as the Union takes more and more of their land in a plan to eradicate the country of '... See full summary »
Director: Thomas R. Bond II | Stars: Zahn McClarnon, Booboo Stewart, Courtney Gains, Daniel Baldwin
2. An Unseen Enemy (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Crime, Short, Thriller
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Elmer Booth, Robert Harron
Votes: 879
3. Brigantia
151 min | Action, Adventure, Drama | Pre-production
A British archaeologist finds an ancient village that opens the door to a story of a Druid Ministre Airell in the time Christ and religious upheaval, revealing the mysteries of Briton, the Druids, the coming of a new world.
Director: Thomas R. Bond II | Stars: Robert Powell, Emma Samms, James Phelps, James Robinson
4. Judith of Bethulia (1914)
Not Rated | 61 min | Drama
A religious woman seeks to save her people from destruction by seducing and murdering the enemy leader, but her plans get complicated once she falls for him.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron
Votes: 1,365
5. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A tender young woman and her husband (a musician) attempt to eke out a living in the slums of New York City, but find themselves caught in the crossfires of gang violence.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Clara T. Bracy, Walter Miller
Votes: 2,275
6. 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: 2,443
7. Friends (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Western, Romance
The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey
Votes: 288
8. The Sands of Dee (1912)
17 min | Romance, Short
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 ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Charles Hill Mailes, Grace Henderson
Votes: 83
9. 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: 616
10. Ramona (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Ramona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers, showing his first meeting with Ramona. ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Francis J. Grandon, Kate Bruce
Votes: 405
11. The Lonedale Operator (1911)
Unrated | 17 min | Short, Drama, Romance
When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon gets word that the next train will deliver the payroll for a mining ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, George Nichols, Francis J. Grandon, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 1,197
12. The House of Darkness (1913)
17 min | Short, Drama
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Claire McDowell, Charles Hill Mailes, Lillian Gish
Votes: 345
13. What the Daisy Said (1910)
16 min | Romance, Short
Two sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals off of a flower, while the other has her fortune told by a gypsy. When the gypsy tells the ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Gertrude Robinson, Joseph Graybill, Verner Clarges
Votes: 202
14. The New York Hat (1912)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama
The young village minister was not quite as discreet as he might have been in fulfilling the strange trust left by the dying mother, but it certainly worked for the common good. By the ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 869
15. Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)
65 min
Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of the local beauty.
Directors: T. Hayes Hunter, Edwin Middleton | Stars: Bert Williams, Odessa Warren Grey, Wes Jenkins, Tom Brown
Votes: 44
16. 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: 287
17. Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
17 min | Short, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Linda Arvidson, Francis J. Grandon, Robert Harron
Votes: 328
18. The Woman in Black (I) (1914)
55 min | Drama, Romance
Young gypsy girl Mary, is seduced by the immoral Robert Crane and abandoned. She is exiled from the gypsies and, along with her mother Zenda, known as "The Woman in Black," she vows revenge... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Marston | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Alan Hale, Mrs. Lawrence Marston, Marie Newton
Votes: 29
19. The Battle (1911)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Action, Drama
Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles West, Blanche Sweet, Charles Hill Mailes, Spottiswoode Aitken
Votes: 354
20. 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: 760
21. 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: 525
22. The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
10 min | Short, Drama
In the little Italian city of Cremona there dwelt Taddeo Ferrari, a violin maker and student of Andrea Amati, the most famous of the craft. Ferrari's pretty daughter, Giannina, was beloved ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Herbert Prior, Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, David Miles
Votes: 141
23. 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: 978
24. A Beast at Bay (1912)
17 min | Short, Drama
A young, and fickle girl ( Mary Pickford ) dumps her admiring boyfriend ( Edwin August ) because she views him as a coward. Meanwhile a ruthless convict ( Alfred Paget ) has escaped and ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Edwin August, Alfred Paget, Mae Marsh
Votes: 209
25. Man's Genesis (1912)
17 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
A man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man. Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: W. Chrystie Miller, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 90
26. The Painted Lady (1912)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, 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: 601
27. The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama, War
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. ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Dorothy West, Grace Henderson, Charles West
Votes: 545
28. 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: 155
29. The Hessian Renegades (1909)
10 min | Drama, Short, War
During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family,... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Owen Moore, Linda Arvidson, Kate Bruce, William J. Butler
Votes: 201
30. 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: 675
31. The Primitive Man (1914)
32 min | Short, Adventure, Drama
A primitive tribe are attacked by apemen and menaced by various prehistoric monsters.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, William J. Butler, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 119
32. In Old California (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama, History
An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 73
33. The Fugitive (1910)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama, War
Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their family to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Kate Bruce, Edward Dillon, Clara T. Bracy, Edwin August
Votes: 257
34. The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (1913)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Action, Western
The fact that an Indian tribe is eating puppies starts an action packed battle in a western town.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mae Marsh, Leslie Loveridge, Alfred Paget, Robert Harron
Votes: 858
35. Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama
Enoch Arden, a humble fisherman, marries Annie Lee. He signs on as a sailor to make more money to support their growing family. A storm wrecks his ship, but Enoch swims to a deserted island. Annie waits vainly for his return.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Linda Arvidson, Francis J. Grandon, George Nichols
Votes: 367
36. The Brave Hunter (1912)
7 min | Comedy, Short
At the Hunting Lodge there arrives a great braggadocio who boasts that he, while in Africa, only went in quest of big game, showing a lot of skins as trophies of his expeditions. Out he ... See full summary »
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Mack Sennett, Dell Henderson, Mabel Normand, Fred Mace
Votes: 42
37. The Sealed Room (1909)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama, History
A king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 859
38. The Two Brothers (I) (1910)
17 min | Short, Western
In Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel. Born in a noble Spanish family and reared by a mother noble in both station and character, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Dell Henderson, Kate Bruce, Marion Leonard
Votes: 51
39. The Mender of Nets (1912)
16 min | Short, Romance
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.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Charles West, Marguerite Marsh, W. Chrystie Miller
Votes: 221
40. Swords and Hearts (1911)
Not Rated | 17 min | Drama, Short, War
A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter. During the Civil War she helps him escape capture by Union soldiers. After the war, with his fortune gone, she confesses that she loves him.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Claire McDowell, Dorothy West, William J. Butler
Votes: 229
41. The Redman's View (1909)
14 min | Short, Western
An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Owen Moore, Lottie Pickford, Kate Bruce, Charles Craig
Votes: 376
42. Three Friends (1913)
17 min | Western, Short
Each night, after the day's work at the factory, the three bachelor friends met and declared anew their attachment over a social glass. They bound themselves to remain thus as long as life ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Sweet, John Francis Dillon, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 16
43. Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
18 min | Drama, Short
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story acted conventionally, she nevertheless maligned the other woman simply because of her ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, Florence Geneva, Gertrude Bambrick
Votes: 26
44. My Baby (1912)
17 min | Short, Comedy
When the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the only one left, in outraged spirit promises never to leave her father, but soon she too is ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Eldean Steuart, W. Chrystie Miller
Votes: 45
45. The Sunbeam (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Drama, Short, Romance
Set 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 the bachelor ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Ynez Seabury, Kate Bruce, Claire McDowell, Dell Henderson
Votes: 384
46. The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Based on Shakespeare's play: Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Florence Lawrence, Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Harry Solter
Votes: 145
47. The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Nora, a wild girl who lives with her alcoholic father, is forced to attend school. The untamed girl, who does not know how to socialize, is soon taunted by the other children. She warms ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Edwin August, Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Bert Hendler
Votes: 62
48. An Indian's Loyalty (1913)
17 min | Short, Western
Suspected of theft, the Indian was discharged on the ranch-hand's accusation, but the foreman's suspicions against the hand were confirmed in time to reinstate the Indian. In gratitude the ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Frank Opperman, Lillian Gish, Edward Dillon, Eagle Eye
49. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1916)
30 min | Short, Comedy
Jack Denham, an orphan, is adopted by his aunt, Mary Watkins, a wealthy spinster, who is known to everybody as "'Aunt Mary." Aunt Mary's sweetheart receives an offer of a position in the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Dillon | Stars: Reggie Morris, Gertrude Bambrick, Kate Toncray, Dell Henderson
Votes: 17
50. A Grip of Gold (1916)
Short, Drama
Kate Wiggin, a young woman, through illness loses her position, and being unable to secure another place finds herself at the end of her resources. Her landlady orders her to pay up or ... See full summary »
Director: Walter V. Coyle | Stars: Claire McDowell, José Ruben, Ivan Christy, W.C. Robinson