01 James Kirkwood features in this silent short about a ruthless speculator whose scheme to corner the wheat market brings devastation to the poor.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 0h 14m · Rated NR
6 Best James Kirkwood Movies
By Vlad Zakh · May 11, 2026
James Kirkwood brought a strong, reliable presence to early Hollywood and became one of D.W. Griffith’s most trusted leading men in the Biograph era. A Corner in Wheat devastates farmers with a speculator’s scheme, The Redman’s View forces a tribe from its land, Pippa Passes shows a factory girl’s song affecting the troubled, and 1776, or The Hessian Renegades aids a wounded soldier. Sweet and Twenty and The Lonely Villa round out the list.
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02 James Kirkwood is in this Griffith short in which a Native American tribe is forcibly displaced from their land by encroaching settlers.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 0h 14m
03 James Kirkwood appears in this Griffith short where an innocent factory girl's cheerful song unknowingly influences the lives of the troubled people she passes.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 0h 14m
04 James Kirkwood features in this silent short about a colonial family who aid a wounded soldier during the chaos of the American Revolution.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 0h 10m
05 James Kirkwood features in this Griffith short about a young woman whose romantic aspirations clash with her family's more practical expectations.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 0h 08m
06 James Kirkwood is in this Griffith short where a mother and her children barricade themselves against burglars while awaiting rescue from their father.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 0h 12m · Rated G
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