D.W. Griffith

Young Tom Powers has a wild, irresponsible lifestyle which is condemned by his father but indulged by his well-meaning mother. Tom is pressed to ...

In the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their own domain. This great Lord goes for a stroll ...

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 ...

Mired in poverty and no longer able to endure the hardships that this situation brings upon their baby, a young man chooses, with his wife, to ...

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the ...

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity ...

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?

A husband suspects his wife of an affair. The wife’s cousin borrows a shawl to meet her lover in the garden. The husband spies the couple ...

Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a ...

Pippa awakes and faces the world outside with a song. Unbeknown to her, the music has a healing effect on all who hear her as she passes by.

A confirmed bachelor learns that he will inherit his late uncle’s fortune only if he marries, which he does reluctantly. Shortly afterward ...

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing ...

A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mistake, he loses his mind.

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man.

Henry and Marion have a lover’s quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a ...

Two boys, twins, leave the old homestead to seek their fortune in the world. They go divergent roads, and are soon widely separated one from the ...

“Fine feathers make fine birds”, and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a ...

Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy’s money.

Mack Sennett appears as a butler and a man in an office in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance ...

Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and ...

Mack Sennett appears as a member of the Wilkenson clan in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.

Based on Shakespeare’s play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Has she waited faithfully or has she moved on?

This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the ...

On a warm and sunny summer’s day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing.