D.W. Griffith Movie Trailers
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America Trailer (1924)
21 February 1924
Lexington, Massachusetts, mid-1770s. Renegade British officer Captain Walter Butler struggles to enlist the aid of Indians against the tide of colonists rebelling for independence.
Martyrs of the Alamo Trailer (1915)
20 November 1915
The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836.
To Save Her Soul Trailer (1909)
27 December 1909
Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job.
The Reformers Trailer (1913)
06 July 1913
Behold in this film the Uplifter, a peculiarity of the human species, quite convinced that all that is, is wrong.
The Greatest Thing in Life Trailer (1918)
22 December 1918
Leo Peret has a small quiet tobacco shop in Greenwich Village. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young clubman and man-about-town, occupies frequently ostensibly to buy cigarettes but in reality to talk to the daughter Jeannette, and he's soon in love with the shop girl.
Eradicating Aunty Trailer (1909)
03 June 1909
A young couple must endure a tedious visit from their aunt until their friend offers to find a way to make her leave.
Thou Shalt Not Trailer (1910)
18 April 1910
Laura has already accepted an engagement ring from Edgar when he discovers that he has tuberculosis. Persuaded by the doctor that he risks infecting his unborn children, he calls off the engagement, but Laura will not accept that: she threatens suicide.
A Mohawk's Way Trailer (1910)
12 September 1910
In Colonial America a doctor refuses to "waste time on an Indian" whose daughter is ill. The doctor’s wife secretly travels to the Indian village to administer medicine.
The Call Trailer (1910)
20 January 1910
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 of the show, is, or rather pretends to be, in love with Fatima, and she loves him in return.
Bill Sharkey's Last Game Trailer (1910)
24 May 1910
One of a multitude of short Westerns directed by D.W. Griffith in the early days of film has the distinction of being the screen debut of Western star Harry Carey in a minor role.
His Last Burglary Trailer (1910)
21 February 1910
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 give up the child by abandoning it in a rich household.
The Love Flower Trailer (1920)
21 August 1920
A man murders his wife's lover and escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective is in pursuit, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.
The Mother and the Law Trailer (1919)
18 August 1919
A re-edited version of the fourth episode of Intolerance (1916); two youth are made homeless by a strike, and struggle valiantly to survive their desolate situation, which worsens as reform-minded citizens remove the couple's child from their care and the young father is falsely accused and convicted of murder.
Rescued from an Eagle's Nest Trailer (1908)
18 January 1908
A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies away with it.
The Gold Seekers Trailer (1910)
02 May 1910
A prospector in the Gold Rush days of ‘49 strikes pay dirt after a long struggle. He stakes the claim and stays to guard it while his wife and ten-year-old son hurry off to the claim office to register it.
The Refuge Trailer (1910)
24 December 1910
Marion lives in a house that becomes a place of safety—or a "refuge"—for a man fleeing from danger.
Serious Sixteen Trailer (1910)
21 July 1910
When young Tom and Adele learn they must wait four years before they can marry, they agree to kill themselves.
A Midnight Adventure Trailer (1909)
18 November 1909
Mercedes orders her sweetheart to prove his love by doing something dangerously heroic. He agrees, breaking into another young woman's house in order to steal a photograph.
The Idol Dancer Trailer (1920)
21 March 1920
A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beachcomber and a native dancer.
Gold and Glitter Trailer (1912)
11 November 1912
As the husband leaves for the lumber regions, his wife gives him a memory message to be opened after his arrival.
The Fugitive Trailer (1910)
07 November 1910
Two Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their families to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy.
Waifs Trailer (1914)
17 January 1914
The waif came to live with the unsuspecting old shoemaker. Then a homeless newsboy followed. One friendly heart bred another.
In the Window Recess Trailer (1909)
29 November 1909
An escaped convict takes refuge in the home of a police officer out on duty. He seizes the officer's daughter and pulls her into a window recess, with a pistol to her head.
The Final Settlement Trailer (1910)
28 February 1910
Noticing that Jim is partial to a drink, Ruth breaks off her engagement to him and turns to John, who until then had kept his love for her to himself.
The Trick that Failed Trailer (1909)
29 November 1909
Nellie is a struggling artist whose paintings lie unsold. Billy, a successful painter, loves her, but she tells him that she cannot marry until she sells her paintings.
Swords and Hearts Trailer (1911)
27 August 1911
A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) Trailer (1921)
22 February 1921
Intimate views of the movie stars of the Silent Era, at work and play; featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Lillian Gish and others.
The Baby and the Stork Trailer (1912)
01 January 1912
Bobby is jealous of the new baby, so he takes it to the zoo and tries to return it to the stork.
His Mother's Son Trailer (1913)
31 May 1913
This picture tells how a boy is cared for all his life by his mother, when he is well and when he is ill.
The Converts Trailer (1910)
14 March 1910
A dance hall girl is converted to a religious life by a phony evangelist. But can he, himself, be saved?
The Mothering Heart Trailer (1913)
21 June 1913
A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband.
The Cloister’s Touch Trailer (1910)
31 January 1910
A peasant family comprising the father, mother and little boy child are happy in their own sphere until one day several courtiers of a hunting party stopped at the humble home for refreshments.
The Last Deal Trailer (1910)
27 January 1910
Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwood, his brother-in-law, shows up and cures him of his gambling fever.
A Rich Revenge Trailer (1910)
07 April 1910
Two young fellows are rivals for the hand of a pretty girl of the village, and after her marriage with the one of her choice, the other swears to be revenged.
A Trap for Santa Claus Trailer (1909)
20 December 1909
The children of a household attempt to capture Santa, but they catch something else entirely.
Twin Brothers Trailer (1909)
26 April 1909
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 other, but they grow lonesome and try to find each other's whereabouts, without success.
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea Trailer (1909)
28 October 1909
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 different port.
Just Gold Trailer (1913)
24 May 1913
The brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth chose to be a stay-at-home.
Her Mother's Oath Trailer (1913)
28 June 1913
The orthodox mother's indomitable will dwarfed the child's individuality, defeating the very purpose it would attain.
The Woman from Mellon's Trailer (1910)
03 February 1910
Harry Townsend, a young stock broker, is in love with the pretty daughter of James Petersby, a Wall Street magnate, and as Harry is a very promising young fellow, he gives his consent to the match.
Three Sisters Trailer (1911)
02 February 1911
Mary is the youngest of three sisters and of an impressionable nature. She and her sister Florence are living at home with their widowed mother, while Adele travels on the road with a theatrical company.
The Lily of the Tenements Trailer (1911)
27 February 1911
A struggling young seamstress supports her elderly parents by working at home. The landlord offers free rent for sex, but she declines.
A Troublesome Satchel Trailer (1909)
19 April 1909
Sight unseen, a man buys a bag that turns out to contain burglar tools. He can't get rid of the bag, even when he's robbed.
At the Altar Trailer (1909)
25 February 1909
At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic.
Diane of the Follies Trailer (1916)
24 September 1916
Phillips Christy an amateur sociologist from a wealthy family, subscribes to the theory that people are shaped by their environment.
His Lost Love Trailer (1909)
18 October 1909
Mary marries James, after jilting his brother Luke. Mary's sister arrives and soon James is professing his love to her.
The Inner Circle Trailer (1912)
12 August 1912
A lonely widower living in the Italian quarter of the city, whose only solace since the death of his wife is his little child, reluctantly becomes a member of a secret society existent among his countrymen.
The Restoration Trailer (1909)
08 November 1909
A husband suspects his wife of an affair. The wife's cousin borrows a shawl to meet her lover in the garden.
A Woman Scorned Trailer (1911)
30 November 1911
Thieves follow a doctor as he takes home a large sum of money. Later, when they break into his house, the doctor's wife and daughter are trapped.
The Eavesdropper Trailer (1909)
03 May 1909
Hidalgo offers his daughter's hand in marriage when he can't repay a loan to Manuella. But when Manuella overhears the daughter bidding farewell to her lover, he is so moved by their devotion that he cancels the debt.
Pranks Trailer (1909)
30 August 1909
Tom and Ethel separately decide to go bathing in a river. Pranksters switch their clothes and they each have to dress up as the opposite sex.
The Two Paths Trailer (1911)
02 January 1911
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.
1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" Trailer (1930)
24 October 1930
The prelude to our picture is the record of an intimate conversation between Mr. D. W. Griffith and his friend Mr.
The Ranchero's Revenge Trailer (1913)
02 June 1913
The heartless woman with her partner answered the ranchero's call for a wife. Then the adventuress soon discovered she was not as heartless as she at first imagined.
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals Trailer (1909)
18 February 1909
The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this split-reel subject.
The Red Girl Trailer (1908)
15 September 1908
Miner Kate Nelson strikes gold but is quickly robbed at a frontier hotel by a desperate Mexican woman, who shoots a hotel clerk during her escape.
The Slave Trailer (1909)
29 July 1909
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.
Death's Marathon Trailer (1913)
14 June 1913
Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible partner, much to her later regret.
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies Trailer (2008)
29 August 2008
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoman.