D.W. Griffith
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David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera and narrative techniques, and its immense popularity set the stage for the dominance of the feature-length film. It also proved extremely controversial at the time and ever since for its negative depiction of Black Americans and their supporters, and its positive portrayal of slavery and the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith responded to his critics with his next film, Intolerance, intended to show the dangers of prejudiced thought and behavior. The film was not the financial success that its predecessor had been, but was received warmly by critics. Several of his later films were also successful, but high production, promotional, and roadshow costs often made his ventures commercial failures. Even so, he is generally considered one of the most important figures of early cinema.
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
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Her Sacrifice (1911)
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Blind Love (1912)
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The Renunciation (1909)
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
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Sweet Revenge (1909)
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The Failure (1911)
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Just Gold (1913)
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Through Darkening Vales (1911)
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1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
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Three Friends (1913)
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Way Down East (1920)
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Orphans of the Storm (1921)
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Abraham Lincoln (1930)
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Edgar Allen Poe (1909)
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Conscience (1911)
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Judith of Bethulia (1914)
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Three Sisters (1911)
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The Man (1910)
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The Expiation (1909)
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The Battle of the Sexes (1928)
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Eradicating Aunty (1909)
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Leather Stocking (1909)
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Pranks (1909)
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Home, Sweet Home (1914)
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The Golden Louis (1909)
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A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford: Volume One (—)
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Just Like a Woman (1912)
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Remodeling Her Husband (1920)
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Love in the Hills (1911)
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To Save Her Soul (1909)
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The Refuge (1910)
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Death's Marathon (1913)
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The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)
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The Sorrows of Satan (1926)
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The Marked Time-Table (1910)
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The One She Loved (1912)
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The Englishman and the Girl (1910)
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The Wooden Leg (1909)
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The Diamond Star (1911)
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The Eavesdropper (1909)
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The Impalement (1910)
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
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Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910)
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Taming a Husband (1910)
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The Baby and the Stork (1912)
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Hearts of the World (1918)
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His Lost Love (1909)
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A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
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A Knight of the Road (1911)
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The Face at the Window (1910)
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His Sister-In-Law (1910)
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A Woman Scorned (1911)
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Drums of Love (1928)
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Oil and Water (1913)
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The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
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The Suicide Club (1909)
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What the Daisy Said (1910)
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The Avenging Conscience (1914)
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They Would Elope (1909)
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The Girls and Daddy (1909)
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A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911)
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In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)
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The Sorrowful Example (1911)
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The Broken Cross (1911)
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In the Window Recess (1909)
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An Unseen Enemy (1912)
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Brutality (1912)
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The Idol Dancer (1920)
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In the Border States (1910)
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His Last Dollar (1910)
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How She Triumphed (1911)
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The Two Paths (1911)
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That Royle Girl (1925)
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A Timely Interception (1913)
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Fate's Turning (1911)
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Lady of the Pavements (1929)
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A Corner in Wheat (1909)
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A Terrible Discovery (1911)
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The Country Doctor (1909)
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A Country Cupid (1911)
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Little Angels of Luck (1910)
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Wanted, a Child (1909)
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Ramona (1910)
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Getting Even (1909)
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The Call to Arms (1910)
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Near To Earth (1913)
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I Did It, Mamma (1909)
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The Transformation of Mike (1912)
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The Sealed Room (1909)
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The Informer (1912)
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Lady Helen's Escapade (1909)
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A Temporary Truce (1912)
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Two Daughters of Eve (1912)
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A Decree of Destiny (1911)
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A Mohawk's Way (1910)
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The Unchanging Sea (1910)
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The Lonely Villa (1909)
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The Fall of Babylon (1919)
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Two Little Waifs (1910)
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Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)
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Enoch Arden (1911)
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The Massacre (1912)
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The Hero of Little Italy (1913)
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The New York Hat (1912)
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The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
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The Narrow Road (1912)
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A Siren of Impulse (1912)
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The Light That Came (1909)
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The Usurer (1910)
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Resurrection (1909)
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For a Wife's Honor (1908)
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The Twisted Trail (1910)
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True Heart Susie (1919)
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The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter (1908)
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The Eternal Mother (1912)
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The Female of the Species (1912)
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The Trick that Failed (1909)
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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)
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A Flash of Light (1910)
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The Day After (1909)
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The Old Actor (1912)
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Dream Street (1921)
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The Medicine Bottle (1909)
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Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)
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In the Watches of the Night (1909)
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The Primal Call (1911)
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The Necklace (1909)
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The Curtain Pole (1909)
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So Near, Yet So Far (1912)
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The Battle of the Sexes (1914)
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Her Awakening (1911)
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Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
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His Trust (1911)
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The Mender of Nets (1912)
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The Red Girl (1908)
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The Cricket on the Hearth (1909)
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The Adopted Brother (1913)
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The Thief and the Girl (1911)
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My Baby (1912)
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Scarlet Days (1919)
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The Redman's View (1909)
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Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909)
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Madonna of the Storm (1913)
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A Beast at Bay (1912)
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The Way of Man (1909)
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A Strange Meeting (1909)
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The Gibson Goddess (1909)
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Wilful Peggy (1910)
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The Seventh Day (1909)
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The Prussian Spy (1909)
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The Gold Seekers (1910)
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The Little Teacher (1909)
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The Stolen Loaf (1913)
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His Lesson (1912)
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Broken Ways (1913)
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Friends (1912)
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Money Mad (1908)
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The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)
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The Painted Lady (1912)
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The Rocky Road (1910)
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Eloping with Auntie (1909)
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The Great Love (1918)
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Her First Biscuits (1909)
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The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
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In Little Italy (1909)
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The Struggle (1931)
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A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
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What Drink Did (1909)
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The Way of the World (1910)
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The Broken Locket (1909)
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The Mountaineer's Honor (1909)
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The New Dress (1911)
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Fighting Blood (1911)
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Tender Hearts (1909)
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An Arcadian Maid (1910)
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The Mills of the Gods (1909)
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A Romance of the Western Hills (1910)
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Trying to Get Arrested (1909)
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Sunshine Sue (1910)
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The Mistake (1913)
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Fools of Fate (1909)
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Gold Is Not All (1910)
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The Mother and the Law (1919)
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The Banker's Daughters (1910)
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The Mended Lute (1909)
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A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
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The Modern Prodigal (1910)
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At the Altar (1909)
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The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
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In Old California (1910)
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The Voice of the Child (1911)
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The Long Road (1911)
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If We Only Knew (1913)
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The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)
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The Thread of Destiny (1910)
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The House with Closed Shutters (1910)
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The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)
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A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
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The Indian Brothers (1911)
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The Last Deal (1910)
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Lucky Jim (1909)
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The Mothering Heart (1913)
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Brute Force (1914)
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Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
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A Fool's Revenge (1909)
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His Mother's Son (1913)
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The Message of the Violin (1910)
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A Change of Heart (1909)
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Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)
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Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
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The Lesser Evil (1912)
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The Call of the Wild (1908)
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A Baby's Shoe (1909)
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Two Memories (1909)
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The Duke’s Plan (1910)
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Two Men of the Desert (1913)
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Romance of a Jewess (1908)
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A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
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Home Folks (1912)
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For His Son (1912)
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The Left-Handed Man (1913)
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Confidence (1909)
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The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
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The Two Brothers (1910)
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The Last Drop of Water (1911)
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The House of Darkness (1913)
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The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period (1909)
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The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
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The Awakening (1909)
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The Adventures of Billy (1911)
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An Awful Moment (1908)
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The Little Darling (1909)
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A Smoked Husband (1908)
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The Man and the Woman (1908)
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The Golden Supper (1910)
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Over Silent Paths (1910)
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The Miser's Heart (1911)
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Her Terrible Ordeal (1910)
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A Cry for Help (1912)
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The Sands of Dee (1912)
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The Deception (1909)
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A Summer Idyll (1910)
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The Yaqui Cur (1913)
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A Child's Impulse (1910)
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The Battle (1911)
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Rose o' Salem Town (1910)
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For Love of Gold (1908)
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The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
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Madame Rex (1911)
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The Honor of His Family (1910)
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The Son's Return (1909)
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His Duty (1909)
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His Mother's Son (1913)
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The Jilt (1909)
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His Last Burglary (1910)
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The Sunbeam (1912)
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The Wanderer (1913)
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The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)
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In Old Kentucky (1909)
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The Test (1909)
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The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
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The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
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Bobby the Coward (1911)
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The Burglar’s Dilemma (1912)
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The Little Tease (1913)
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Footlight Varieties (1951)
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The Hindoo Dagger (1909)
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The Faded Lilies (1909)
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The White Rose (1923)
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Saved from Himself (1911)
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The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
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His Daughter (1911)
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The Lonedale Operator (1911)
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The Helping Hand (1908)
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The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
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The Children's Friend (1909)
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The Escape (1914)
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A Rude Hostess (1909)
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The Sacrifice (1909)
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The Christmas Burglars (1908)
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Man's Genesis (1912)
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When a Man Loves (1911)
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Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
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The Love Flower (1920)
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The Newlyweds (1910)
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The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
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A Lodging for the Night (1912)
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Brothers (1913)
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Pippa Passes (1909)
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Italian Blood (1911)
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As It Is in Life (1910)
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The Restoration (1909)
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The Redman and the Child (1908)
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The Devil (1908)
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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)
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A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
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That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)
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His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
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The Test of Friendship (1908)
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The Oath and the Man (1910)
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A Child's Stratagem (1910)
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A Chance Deception (1913)
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The Italian Barber (1911)
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Nursing a Viper (1909)
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The Rose of Kentucky (1911)
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The Lady and the Mouse (1913)
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The Reformers (1913)
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Heredity (1912)
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Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters (1908)
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A Midnight Adventure (1909)
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Where the Breakers Roar (1908)
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Fisher Folks (1911)
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Love Among the Roses (1910)
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The Making of a Man (1911)
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Mr. Jones' Burglar (1909)
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The Slave (1909)
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Waiter No. 5 (1910)
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When Kings Were the Law (1912)
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The Purgation (1910)
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The Fatal Hour (1908)
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One Exciting Night (1922)
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Winning Back His Love (1910)
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America (1924)
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What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)
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The Root of Evil (1912)
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What's Your Hurry? (1909)
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Gold and Glitter (1912)
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The God Within (1912)
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Waifs (1914)
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The Converts (1910)
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Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909)
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The Clubman and the Tramp (1908)
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)
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Through the Breakers (1909)
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The Pirate's Gold (1908)
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Simple Charity (1910)
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Tragic Love (1909)
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The Honor of Thieves (1909)
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The Winning Coat (1909)
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A Victim of Jealousy (1910)
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The Taming of the Shrew (1908)
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The Vaquero's Vow (1908)
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The Brahma Diamond (1909)
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The Inner Circle (1912)
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The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
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His Ward's Love (1909)
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The Planter's Wife (1908)
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Lena and the Geese (1912)
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An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)
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Iola's Promise (1912)
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The Welcome Burglar (1909)
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Fate (1913)
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The Indian Runner's Romance (1909)
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The Girl and the Outlaw (1908)
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The Black Viper (1908)
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My Hero (1912)
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One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
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The Fight for Freedom (1908)
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The Chief's Blanket (1912)
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Balked at the Altar (1908)
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The Greatest Question (1919)
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Bill Sharkey's Last Game (1910)
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Those Awful Hats (1909)
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The Voice of the Violin (1909)
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The Unveiling (1911)
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The Final Settlement (1910)
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A Rural Elopement (1909)
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A String of Pearls (1912)
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A Wreath in Time (1909)
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After Many Years (1908)
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Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908)
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Swords and Hearts (1911)
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The Enemy's Baby (1913)
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The Lure of the Gown (1909)
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The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)
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Fate's Interception (1912)
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His Wife's Mother (1909)
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Sweet and Twenty (1909)
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Examination Day at School (1910)
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Faithful (1910)
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The Valet's Wife (1908)
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Unexpected Help (1910)
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Under Burning Skies (1912)
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The Politician's Love Story (1909)
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Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court (1908)
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The Lily of the Tenements (1911)
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The Coming of Angelo (1913)
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The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909)
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The Lesson (1910)
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An Indian Summer (1912)
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The Heart of an Outlaw (1909)
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In Life's Cycle (1910)
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Billy's Stratagem (1912)
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The Sorrowful Shore (1913)
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A Woman's Way (1908)
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Her Mother's Oath (1913)
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The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
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The Maniac Cook (1909)
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The French Duel (1909)
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The Fugitive (1910)
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The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910)
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A Plain Song (1910)
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In the Season of Buds (1910)
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The Squaw's Love (1911)
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The Road to the Heart (1909)
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Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade (1909)
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1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation" (1930)
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Those Boys! (1909)
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The Iconoclast (1910)
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The Cord of Life (1909)
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Jealousy and the Man (1909)
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Thou Shalt Not (1910)
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The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)
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Oh, Uncle! (1909)
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The Stolen Jewels (1908)
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The Song of the Shirt (1908)
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Twin Brothers (1909)
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The Ingrate (1908)
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A Troublesome Satchel (1909)
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A Rich Revenge (1910)
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Love Finds a Way (1909)
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A Pueblo Legend (1912)
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The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)
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A Calamitous Elopement (1908)
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The Call (1910)
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As the Bells Rang Out! (1910)
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The Mexican Sweethearts (1909)
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Comata, the Sioux (1909)
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The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora (1908)
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A Midnight Cupid (1910)
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One Touch of Nature (1909)
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A Salutary Lesson (1910)
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The Roue’s Heart (1909)
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Father Gets in the Game (1908)
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The Heart of O Yama (1908)
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The Broken Doll (1910)
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Biograph Shorts Special Edition: 1909-1913 (—)
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On the Reef (1910)
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The Guerrilla (1908)
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Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909)
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Her Father's Pride (1910)
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The Trail of Books (1911)
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Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat (1909)
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The Revenue Man and His Girl (1911)
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His Wife's Visitor (1909)
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A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)
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Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
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Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
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The Girl and Her Trust (1912)
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Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
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Deceived Slumming Party (1908)
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The Note in the Shoe (1909)
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Drive for a Life (1909)
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Serious Sixteen (1910)
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The Woman from Mellon's (1910)
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A Burglar’s Mistake (1909)
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A Child's Faith (1910)
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Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)
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Concealing a Burglar (1908)
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The Zulu's Heart (1908)
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A New Trick (1909)
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The Cloister’s Touch (1910)
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The Reckoning (1908)
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