Intolerance : a drama of comparisons /

Switches back and forth between four separate stories from Babylonian times to the twentieth century to show humanity's inhumanity and intolerance through the ages. The Babylonian story deals with the fall of Babylon in 538 B.C. The Judean story treats the life of Christ. The French story cente...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Intolerance (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Wark Producing Corporation, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors:	Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, Wood, Bret, Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, Harron, Robert, 1894-1920, Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968, Talmadge, Constance, 1898-1973, Love, Bessie, Owen, Seena, -1966, Paget, Alfred, 1880-1925, Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976, Von Stroheim, Erich, 1885-1957, Wilson, Margery, 1896-1986, Clifton, Elmer, 1890-1949, Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Silent film with English intertitles and new score.
Published:	New York : Kino on Video, [2002]
Series:	Griffith masterworks.
Subjects:	Silent films. Jesus Christ > Miracles > Drama. Jesus Christ > Crucifixion > Drama. Jesus Christ > Teachings > Drama. Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572 > Drama. Babylon (Extinct city) > Drama. Poverty > Drama. Social problems > Drama. Motion pictures, American. Feature films.

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Summary:	Switches back and forth between four separate stories from Babylonian times to the twentieth century to show humanity's inhumanity and intolerance through the ages. The Babylonian story deals with the fall of Babylon in 538 B.C. The Judean story treats the life of Christ. The French story centers on the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572. The modern story is set in an American mill town and the slum area of an American city.
Item Description:	Production credits from container and other sources. Videodisc release of the 1916 motion picture. Full-frame (1.33:1). Mastered from 35mm archive elements with color tinted sequences. Special features: 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. Griffith at the time of Intolerance's release -- Excerpt of The fall of Babylon (1916) which offers an alternative ending to the Babylonian sequence -- Information about the score." "A sun-play of the ages"--Title card. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (197 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Format:	DVD; stereo score.
Production Credits:	Wark Producing Corporation ; produced, written, and directed by D.W. Griffith ; titles by Anita Loos ; photographers, G.W. Bitzer, Karl Brown ; music composed & performed by Joseph Turrin ; produced for video by Bret Wood.