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1. Intolerance (1916)
Passed | 163 min | Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, F.A. Turner
Votes: 16,710 | Gross: $2.18M
David Griffith's major opus: four stories about intolerance throughout the ages and a pacifist epilogue
2. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
Director: Stuart Paton | Stars: Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton, Curtis Benton
Votes: 1,984 | Gross: $8.00M
The first adaptation of two of Jules Verne's novels: 20000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, with the first under sea pictures in a feature film.
3. Tigre reale (1916)
80 min | Drama
Frau Menichelli performs the part of Frau Natka, a Russian countess with a troublesome past and an uncertain future. She was married to a revolutionary and the matrimony ended in tragedy.
Director: Giovanni Pastrone | Stars: Pina Menichelli, Alberto Nepoti, Febo Mari, Valentina Frascaroli
Votes: 132
An Italian diplomat falls in love with a mysterious Russian countess who is said to have led to suicide her former lover. Giovanni Pastrone successfully applies to the melodrama genre the innovative cinematographic language that he had developed in Cabiria.
4. Hell's Hinges (1916)
Unrated | 64 min | Romance, Western
In the wayward western town known as Hell's Hinges, a local tough guy is reformed by the faith of a good woman.
Directors: Charles Swickard, William S. Hart, Clifford Smith | Stars: William S. Hart, Clara Williams, Jack Standing, Alfred Hollingsworth
Votes: 1,079
An unusual Western which uses the freedom which existed before the Hays Code to cast as a villain a faithless Reverend who gets drunk in the local saloon, spends the night with one of the saloon girls and takes part in the arson of his own church.
5. Where Are My Children? (1916)
Approved | 62 min | Drama
A District Attorney's outspoken stand on abortion lands him in trouble with the local community.
Directors: Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber | Stars: Tyrone Power Sr., Mrs. Tyrone Power, Marie Walcamp, Cora Drew
Votes: 871
This dramatization on the subjects of Eugenics, Birth Control and Abortion shows how fundamental moral issues could be shown on cinema during the 1910s and how moral values have shifted since then. Even more strongly than D.W. Griffith it defends the superiority of the white race and how it should be defended.
6. Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)
Not Rated | 34 min | Comedy, Short
The beach front house, where Fatty and Mabel live, has been "launched" out to sea by the villains. When Fatty and Mabel arise, they find the beds floating in a sea of water.
Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | Stars: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Al St. John, Frank Hayes
Votes: 480
This is one of the numerous slapstick comedies played by Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. It is a good example of his creativity in the use of gags alternating with periods of emotion.
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