Headline
Notable Picture at the Queen's
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1925-12-29
- Publication Year
1925
Page
9
Column
Correspondence
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Birth of a Nation
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Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Thomas Dixon Jr. (adapted from his novel: "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan")
Country
USA
Released
1915-03-21
Runtime
195 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Awards
2 wins.
Rated
TV-PG
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Broken Blossoms
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Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Thomas Burke (adapted from 'The Chink and the Child' by)
Country
USA
Released
1919-10-20
Runtime
90 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Awards
1 win.
Rated
Not Rated
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Way Down East
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Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Lottie Blair Parker (from the play by)
Country
USA
Released
1920-09-03
Runtime
145 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
Rated
Passed
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Orphans of the Storm
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Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Adolphe d'Ennery (novel)
Country
USA
Runtime
150 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
Rated
Not Rated
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Summary
(By H. W. R. to the S. C. M. Post) When the time comes to write the story of the rise of the moving picture there will, I believe, be found two names that will 'lead the rest;' those of Charles Chaplin and D. W. Griffith. David Wark Griffith has been called the Dickens of the screen. He has his 'Birth of a Nation,' 'Intolerance,' 'Broken Blossoms,' 'Way Down East,' 'Orphan of the Storm' and 'Sally of the Sawdust.' 'Sally of the Sawdust' has suffered in its initial showings in England and America by the injudicious comparisons that have been made with 'Way Down East.' There is no comparison. Not because 'Sally' is not as good a picture, but because it is absolutely different. – H. W. R.
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