Intolerance – 1916 (Entire film HD)

Intolerance was not one story, but four. In Belshazzar’s Babylon (sixth century b.c.), the evil high priest conspires against the wise and just ruler, betraying the city to the Persian conqueror, Cyrus; by the end of this story, every “good” character is dead. In Judea, the close- minded Pharisees intrigue against Jesus; ulti¬ mately, the gentle savior is sent to the cross. In Reformation France (sixteenth century a.d.), ambitious courtiers persuade the Catholic king to slaughter all the Protestant Huguenots on St. Bartholomew’s Day, a massacre that includes the rape and murder of a young Protestant and the killing of her fiance. In twentieth-century America (the “Modern Story,” which used to be The Mother and the Law), strikers are gunned down, a Boy is falsely convicted of murder, and his wife loses her baby thanks to the meddling of a group of reformers; the facts eventually surface to save the Boy from the gallows.

“Intolerance”

D. W. Griffith’s Beautiful and Stupendous “Sun Play.”

All Ages:
The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle – Lillian Gish

Modern Story (1914 a.d.):

• The Dear One – . . Mae Marsh
• Her Father, a mill worker – Fred Turner
• The Boy – Robert Harron
• Jerkins, mill magnate – Sam de Grasse
• Mary Jenkins, his sister – Vera Lewis
• Strike Leader – Monte Blue
• Two Crooks – Tod Browning, Edward Dillon

Judean Story (27 a.d.):

• The Nazarene – . . Howard Gaye
• Mary, the mother – Lillian Langdon
• Mary Magdalene – Olga Grey
• First Pharisee – Erich von Stroheim
• Second Pharisee – Gunther von Ritzau
• Bride of Gana – Bessie Love

Medieval French Story (1572 a.d.):

• Brown Eyes, daughter of a Huguenot family – Margery Wilson
• Prosper Latour, her sweetheart – Eugene Pallette
• Charles IX, King of France – Frank Bennett
• Catherine de Medici – Josephine Crowell
• Marguerite de Valois, sister of Charles IX – Constance Talmadge
• Due d’Anjou, heir to the Throne – Maxfield Stanley

Babylonian Story (539 B.C.):

• The Mountain Girl – Constance Talmadge
• The Rhapsode, her suitor and secret agent of the High Priest of Bel – . . Elmer Clifton
• The Prince Belshazzar – . . Alfred Paget
• The Princess Beloved, adored of Belshazzar – . . Seena Owen
• The King Nabonidus, ancient apostle of religious toleration – Carl Stockdale
• The High Priest of Bel, who conspires against the Throne – Tully Marshall
• Cyrus, emperor and war lord of the Persians,world-conqueror – George Siegmann
• Gobyras, the Mighty Man of Valour,Belshazzar’s bodyguard – Elmo Lincoln
• Captain at the Great Gate of Imgur-Bel – . . Ted Duncan
• Solo Dancer – Ruth St. Denis

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