6 Best Mae Marsh Movies

By Vlad Zakh · May 2, 2026

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Mae Marsh brought a naturalistic, emotionally expressive presence to early Hollywood and became one of D.W. Griffith’s most celebrated leading ladies. Intolerance and The Avenging Conscience are Griffith landmarks, Hoodoo Ann believes an orphan brings misfortune, Polly of the Circus recovers in a small-town minister’s home, and Judith of Bethulia and The Battle at Elderbush Gulch round out the list.

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Polly of the Circus (1917)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Mae Marsh appears in this silent drama about an injured circus performer who recovers in the home of the small-town minister who rescued her.

Directed by Charles Horan & Edwin L. Hollywood · 1h 20m

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Hoodoo Ann (1916)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Mae Marsh appears in this silent drama about a superstitious orphan girl who believes she brings misfortune to everyone she cares about.

Directed by Lloyd Ingraham · 1h 05m · Rated NR

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) 03

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Four interwoven stories across history explore the dangers of intolerance.

Directed by D.W. Griffith · 3h 17m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, FlixFling, Cohen Media Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, FlixFling

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The Avenging Conscience (1914)

TMDB ★ 6.2

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

Where to watch

Stream: Bloodstream

Judith of Bethulia (1914) 05

Judith of Bethulia (1914)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Mae Marsh is in this Griffith epic about a courageous widow who infiltrates an enemy general's camp to save her besieged city.

Directed by D.W. Griffith · 1h 12m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Mae Marsh is in this Griffith western short where settlers in a frontier town must defend themselves against a Native American attack.

Directed by D.W. Griffith · 0h 29m · Rated NR

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.