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)
based on "The Chink and the Child"
Griffith's most poetic and romantic masterpiece
experimented with low-light and shadow
results deemed "too grim"
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
Black Sox Scandal 1919 World Series
most famous scandal in baseball history
Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago White Sox
eight players banned for life
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