By Vlad Zakh · May 4, 2026
Drama intensethought provoking
Josephine Crowell brought a commanding, dignified presence to early Hollywood and became one of D.W. Griffith’s most trusted character actresses. Intolerance and The Birth of a Nation are the landmark titles, Hearts of the World endures the German occupation of a French village, Stella Maris sets a disfigured orphan and a paralysed heiress after one man, and Pillars of Society threatens a town leader with his hidden past. The Avenging Conscience rounds out the list.
01 Conway Tearle is in this Mary Pickford silent about a disfigured orphan girl and a paralysed heiress who both fall for the same kind-hearted man.
Directed by Marshall Neilan · 1h 24m · Rated NR
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02 Josephine Crowell is in this Griffith war epic about a French village family enduring the brutal German occupation during the First World War.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 1h 57m · Rated NR
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03 Josephine Crowell appears in this silent drama about a respected town leader whose hidden past crimes threaten to be exposed by a returning relative.
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 0h 50m
04 Four interwoven stories across history explore the dangers of intolerance.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 3h 17m · Rated NR
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05 Alma Rubens is in this silent epic where two families' fates are intertwined across the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 3h 15m · Rated NR
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06 Josephine Crowell is in this silent film about a young man haunted by guilt after murdering his controlling uncle.
Directed by D.W. Griffith · 1h 23m · Rated NR
Stream: Bloodstream
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Stream: Bloodstream
Stream: Bloodstream
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