Cast: Spottiswoode Aitken

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Lillian Gish · Mae Marsh · Henry B. Walthall · Miriam Cooper

Synopsis The Birth of a Nation (1915) is renowned for being the most successful and artistically innovative film of its era, yet it has also ignited controversy, protests, and division since its initial release. The narrative unfolds through the lens of...

Direction Rupert Julian · Erich von Stroheim

Cast Norman Kerry · Mary Philbin · Cesare Gravina · Edith Yorke

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Henry B. Walthall · Spottiswoode Aitken · Blanche Sweet · George Siegmann

Direction Tod Browning

Cast Priscilla Dean · Wellington A. Playter · Lon Chaney · Spottiswoode Aitken

Synopsis The Wicked Darling (1919) follows the story of Kent Mortimer, a man who faces financial ruin and a broken engagement. After Adele Hoyt, his fiancée, leaves him, Mary Stevens, a woman from the criminal underworld, finds herself in possession of...

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Henry B. Walthall · Josephine Crowell · Lillian Gish · Dorothy Gish

Synopsis Home, Sweet Home (1914) follows the journey of John Howard Payne as he departs from his family nest to pursue a life in the theater. Despite the unwavering support from his mother and his beloved, Payne's path is filled with...

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mae Marsh · Robert Harron · Charles Hill Mailes · Grace Henderson

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Charles West · Blanche Sweet · Charles Hill Mailes · Robert Harron

Direction Emmett J. Flynn

Cast John Gilbert · Estelle Taylor · Robert McKim · William V. Mong

Synopsis Monte Cristo (1922) is a cinematic interpretation of Alexandre Dumas' renowned novel. The story revolves around Edmond Dantes, a man who is unjustly accused by envious rivals and condemned to a life sentence in the infamous Chateau d'If prison. During...

Direction Gustav von Seyffertitz

Cast Lila Lee · Spottiswoode Aitken · Clarence Geldart · Richard Rosson

Synopsis The Secret Garden (1919) follows the journey of a young British girl who, after losing her indifferent parents in a catastrophic earthquake in India, is sent to reside at her uncle's grand estate in England. Her uncle, still grieving the...

Direction Tod Browning

Cast Mary MacLaren · Spottiswoode Aitken · David Butler · Arthur Edmund Carewe

Direction Robert Thornby

Cast Lon Chaney · Alan Hale · Dagmar Godowsky · Stanley Goethals

Synopsis The Trap (1922) follows the tale of Gaspard the Good, portrayed by Lon Chaney, a humble miner and fur trapper whose life takes a dark turn when his adversary, Benson, played by Alan Hale, seizes both his mine and his...

Direction William Worthington

Cast Edith Roberts · Spottiswoode Aitken · Casson Ferguson · Joe Quinn

Direction David Hartford

Cast Lon Chaney · Lewis Stone · Melbourne MacDowell · Spottiswoode Aitken

Synopsis Nomads of the North (1920) follows the tale of a Canadian Mountie who, in a twist of fate, permits an innocent man on the run to flee with the woman he cherishes. This silent film, set against the backdrop of...

Direction John Emerson

Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Alma Rubens · Spottiswoode Aitken · Carl Stockdale

Synopsis The Americano (1916) follows the journey of Doug, a skilled mining engineer from the United States. President Valdez of Paragonia, portrayed by Aitken, seeks Doug's expertise to revitalize the nation's mining industry. Initially, Doug shows little interest in the proposal....