| Description |
1 DVD (197 min.) : sound, black and white (color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
Griffith masterworks
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Griffith masterworks.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Originally produced 1916. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Four separate stories are interwoven: the fall of Babylon, the death of Christ, the massacre of the Huguenots and a contemporary drama, all crosscut and building with enormous energy to a thrilling chase and finale. |
| Note |
Digitally mastered from archive elements. |
| Form |
Issued also on film. |
| Note |
Special features include a filmed introduction by Orson Welles; excerpts from Cabiria (1914,) and The last days of Pompeii (1914,) two films that inspired Griffith to make Intolerance; text excerpts from Away with meddlers : a declaration of independence, and The rise and fall of free speech in America, two pamphlets published by D.W. Griffiths at the time of Intolerance's release; excerpt of The fall of Babylon (1916) which offers an alternative ending to the Babylonian sequence; and information about the score. |
| Access |
Licensed for individual viewing only. |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Drama.
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Poverty. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Social problems -- Drama.
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Social problems. |
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Jesus Christ -- Drama.
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Jesus Christ. |
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Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572 -- Drama.
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Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day (France : 1572) |
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Babylon (Extinct city) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Silent films.
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Silent films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Wood, Bret.
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Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Music No. |
K267 Kino on Video |
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