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Intolerance Overview:

Intolerance (1916) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by D.W. Griffith and produced by D.W. Griffith.

SYNOPSIS

Griffith's mammoth achievement, spanning several centuries and cultures. The silent film presents four stories linked solely by a single common thread: intolerance. Three of the stories are based on historical fact: medieval France during the reign of Charles IX; the birth and crucifixion of Christ; and the fall of Babylonia. The fourth tale is a "modern" story of greed, cruelty, and betrayal. Intolerance had its New York premiere on September 5, 1916; it was released two years after The Birth of a Nation, and it is widely regarded as Griffith's protest and self-defense against the charges of racism leveled at him for Birth's glorification of the Ku Klux Klan. Composer Carl Davis created a new score for a recent release.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Intolerance was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1989.

Intolerance BlogHub Articles:

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Intolerance (1916)

By Lea Stans on Apr 19, 2019 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at: Intolerance (1916) Along with my “Silent Superstars” series, I thought it would be fun to dive into the history behind specific films. Let’s start with a look at one of biggest spectacles ever put on film–Intolerance! It is one of the grandest,... Read full article

Intolerance (1916)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 1, 2016 From 4 Star Films

His ambitious follow-up to The Birth of the Nation a year before, D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance boasts four narrative threads meant to intertwine in a story of grand design. Transcending time, eras, and cultures, this monumental undertaking grabs hold of some of the cataclysmic markers of world ... Read full article

Intolerance (1916)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 1, 2016 From 4 Star Films

His ambitious follow up to The Birth of the Nation a year before, D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance boasts four narrative threads meant to intertwine in a story of grand design. Transcending time, eras, and cultures, this monumental undertaking grabs hold of some of the cataclysmic markers of world ... Read full article

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

By Beatrice on May 21, 2013 From Flickers in Time

Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages Directed by D. W. Griffith 1916/USA Triangle Film Corporation/Wark Producing Repeat viewing #5 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die IMDb users say 7.9; I say 5.0 My definition of a movie I’m glad I don’t have to see again bef... Read full article

Watch: Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Through the Ages (1)

By Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 2, 2012 From Pretty Clever Films

Summer seems to be on hiatus in my backyard this Saturday. If the same is true where you live, then maybe it’s the perfect time to drag your laptop over to the cozy, comfy bed and settle in for a watch of D.W. Griffith’s epic Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Through the Ages. I have so... Read full article

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Intolerance Quotes:

The Mountain Girl: But touch my skirt and I'll scratch your eyes out!
The Dear One: I'll walk like her and maybe everyone will like me too.
The Boy: Nothing doing on the good night stuff, I always go inside to see my girls.
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Intolerance Facts
The title and some lines from the poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking" by Walt Whitman are used as intertitles in the movie.
The intertitle during the strike which states that the National Guard has retreated and the workers "now fear only the company guards" was added to the re-release of the modern story, The Mother and the Law, but it is utilized by present versions of the original film.
The role of the second Pharisee is credited to Erich von Stroheim. However, von Stroheim did not play this role. D.W. Griffith decided to use von Stroheim's name as a pseudonym for actor William Courtright, who actually plays the role. This has caused much confusion over the years. Von Stroheim's only work on this film was as a production assistant for the Babylon sequences.
During the late 1910's, this film was a huge hit in the Soviet Union, however D.W. Griffith never realized any financial gain since the copies being shown were pirated, and distributed without his consent.
D.W. Griffith invented false eyelashes for this film in 1916 because he wanted Seena Owen (who plays Attarea, the Princess Beloved, in the film's Babylonian segment) with lashes luxurious enough to brush her cheeks when she blinked. In collaboration with a wigmaker, who did the actual fabricating, the solution Griffith is credited with involved weaving human hair through a fine strip of gauze, creating false eyelashes.
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