Intolerance : a sun-play of the ages : a drama of comparisons / Wark Producing Corporation.

Switches back and forth between four separate stories from Babylonian times to the twentieth century to show humanity's inhumanity and intolerance through the ages. The Babylonian story deals with the fall of Babylon in 538 B.C. The Judean story treats the life of Christ. The French story centers on...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Wark Producing Corporation Kino International Corporation
Other Authors:	Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968 Harron, Robert, 1894-1920 Turner, F. A. (Fred A.), 1858-1923 De Grasse, Sam, 1875-1953 Lewis, Vera, 1873-1956 Cooper, Miriam, 1891-1976 Long, Walter, 1879-1952 Wilson, Tom, 1880-1965 Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937 Ingraham, Lloyd, 1874-1956 M'Clure, Alexander W. (Alexander Wilson), 1808-1865 McCarthy, John, 1885-1962 Gaye, Howard, -1955 Langdon, Lillian, -1943 Grey, Olga, 1897-1973 Ritzau, Erich von, 1877-1936 Love, Bessie Brown, William H. Walsh, George, 1892-1981 Wilson, Margery, 1896-1986 Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954 Aitken, Spottiswoode, 1869-1933 Handforth, Ruth, 1882-1965 Bennett, Frank, 1891-1957 Talmadge, Constance, 1898-1973 Henabery, Joseph, 1887-1976 Clifton, Elmer, 1890-1949 Lawrence, W. E. (William E.), 1896-1947 Paget, Alfred, 1880-1925 Owen, Seena, -1966 Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943 Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Silent film, with English intertitles and new score.
Published:	New York : Kino on Video, [2002]
Series:	Griffith masterworks. Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Jesus Christ > Miracles > Drama. Jesus Christ > Crucifixion > Drama. Jesus Christ > Teachings > Drama. Library of Congress. > National Film Registry. Saint Bartholomew's Day, Massacre of, France, 1572 > Drama. Poverty > Drama. Social problems > Drama. Babylon (Extinct city) > Drama. Feature films. Silent films.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Silent films.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (197 min.) : sound, black & white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Sun-play of the ages. Drama of comparisons.
Format:	Video DVD

Partial Contents:

Special features: Introduction by Orson Welles
Excerpts from Cabiria (1914) and The last days of Pompeii (1914)
excerpt of The fall of Babylon (1916) showing alternate ending
Images from Away with meddlers : a declaration of independence, and The rise and fall of free speech in America, two pamphlets published by D.W. Griffiths at the time of Intolerance's release
Information about the score
Text of The Book featured as the background of the intertitles.