The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Direction
Griffith invented cross-cutting and immediately went too hard.
Production
Babylon set so massive it bankrupted the studio.
Editing
Ruthless interweaving of four timelines = film school homework forever.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Lillian Gish
The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Mae Marsh
The Dear One (Modern Story)
Robert Harron
The Boy (Modern Story)
F.A. Turner
The Girl's Father (Modern Story)
Sam De Grasse
Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
Vera Lewis
Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
Lillian Langdon
Mary, the Mother (Judean Story)
Olga Grey
Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
Bessie Love
The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
Margery Wilson
Brown Eyes (French Story)
Eugene Pallette
Prosper Latour (French Story)
Spottiswoode Aitken
Brown Eyes' Father (French Story)
Elmer Clifton
The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
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