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By: Akpiroro U Oshobe

Top 3 Movies of 1910's

#1

#2

Griffith's most expensive and ambitious masterpiece

landmark of cinematic history

made in response to "Birth of Nation" critics

Used four seperate, parallel subplots

-modern story

-judean story

-french story

-babylonian story

1st time used in American cinema

used cross-cutting

didn't do as well as "Birth of a Nation" (WWII)

cost $2 million dollars (Babylon)

#3

based on "The Chink and the Child"

Griffith's most poetic and romantic masterpiece

experimented with low-light and shadow

results deemed "too grim"

#1

Jim Thrope

"The

Greatest

Athelte in the

World"

Born in 1887

Died in 1953

First-Team All-American in 1909 and 1910

Went to 1912 Olympics at the age of 24

Set records in the pethathlon and the decathlon

Later stripped away

Played 7 years of pro baseball

and 8 years of pro football

#2

Black Sox Scandal 1919 World Series

most famous scandal in baseball history

Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago White Sox

eight players banned for life

#3

blacklash from NAACP

NAACP tried to ban it but failed

but did diminish Griffith's overall achievement

original intent was to protest war

and paint a historical picture of the Civil War and Reconstruction

The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America

College Football Hall of Famer

Pro Football Hall of Famer

America's first full length feature film (3 hours long)

"the first great achievement of the motion picture"

described as "writing history with lighting" by President Wilson

America's biggest box office hit prior to the 1920's

Movies and Sports of 1910's

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson

natural talent

tangled in a

scandal

1st American Stanley Cup

Seattle Metropolitians vs.

Montreal Canadiens

3-1 1917 (14 years)

Top 3 sporting events/athletesof the 1910's

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