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Director: Colin(1) Campbell    More Info
Starring: William Farnum, Bessie Eyton, Tom Santschi, Kathlyn Williams, Frank Clark, Jack McDonald, Wheeler Oakman, Norval MacGregor, William Ryno, Marshall Farnum

 On his trip to the Yukon, gold prospector Roy Glenister (William Farnum) meets and is attracted to Helen (Bessie Eyton). When he arrives in Alaska, Glenister learns that the gold commissioner, Alex McNamara (Tom Santschi), is plotting to take the mines away from the owners. The situation gets out of hand, and Glenister must physically fight McNamara for his gold rights–and the love of Helen as well.

Director: D.W. Griffith    More Info
Starring: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh, Eugene Pallette, Elmo Lincoln

 With this epic film, Hollywood reached new heights in the production of extravaganzas. However, it is also an example of how filmmaking can be used as propaganda–in this case, glorifying the Ku Klux Klan. The film begins with lifelong friends the Camerons (Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, and Mae Marsh) being separated from the Stonemans (Lillian Gish, Ralph Lewis, and Robert Harron) by the Civil War and the Mason Dixon line. When the war ends, Ben Cameron (Walthall) organizes a secret group, the Ku Klux Klan, to "restore" order. Music and battle noises were added for a 1930 reissue.

Director: John Ford    More Info
Starring: Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Duke R. Lee, Vester Pegg, Hoot Gibson, Milton Brown, George Berrell, Ted Brooks

 This was John Ford's first feature film. It is the story of the West during its change from cowboys and cattle barons "wild" west to the era of farming which the area would become. The change was not without problems as ranchers and farmers vied for land rights.

Director: John Emerson    More Info
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Walter Bytell, Joseph Singleton, Calvert Carter, Forrest Seabury, J.W. Jones, Charles Stevens, Sam De Grasse, Tom Wilson

 Jeff Hillington (Douglas Fairbanks) lives with his wealthy family in New York but is obsessed with the Wild West of the 1880s. His father (Walter Bytell) sends him on a business trip to Bitter Creek, Arizona, which Jeff believes is still "Wild and Woolly." The residents of Bitter Creek want to please Jeff and transform their peaceful village into a lawless community to fulfill Jeff's fantasy.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille    More Info
Starring: Elliott Dexter, Ann Little, Katherine MacDonald, Jack Holt, Thurston Hall, Tully Marshall, Herbert Standing, Noah Beery, Pat Moore, Helen Dunbar

 This is the second filming (of three) of this Cecil B. DeMille story about Jim Wynnegate (Elliott Dexter) who takes the rap for his cousin on an embezzlement charge and leaves England for Wyoming. There he saves the life of an Indian girl (Ann Little) from the clutches of villain Cash Hawkins (Jack Holt). After Wynnegate marries her, his cousin's wife, Diana (Katherine MacDonald), arrives with the news that the cousin is dead. Knowing that Jim took the rap because he loved Diana, his wife commits suicide to allow Jim and Diana to reunite, which is what they do. They head back to England where he assumes the position of Earl of Kerhill. A better film than the earlier one, showing the beginnings of DeMille's desire to make extravaganzas.

Director: John Ford    More Info
Starring: Harry Carey, Cullen Landis, Gloria Hope, Joe Harris, Duke R. Lee, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Hill Mailes, Vester Pegg, Victor Potel

 In this silent-film version of Bret Harte's story, Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon (Harry Carey) is in love with a younger woman (Gloria Hope) but believes she will end up with a younger man (Cullen Landis). Then he picks up a book and reads about a gambler, John Oakhurst (also Harry Carey), whose adopted son Tommy (also Cullen Landis) is in love with the woman (also Gloria Hope) that he is interested in. In the book, John sacrifices himself so that Tommy will get the girl. After finishing the story, Square Shootin' Harry puts down the book and, unlike John, goes after the girl himself.

Director: John Ford    More Info
Starring: Harry Carey, Seena Owen, Joe Harris, J. Farrell MacDonald, Alfred Allen, Jennie Lee, Clita Gale, Vester Pegg

 In this early John Ford silent-film, Harry Carey takes the role of Cheyenne Harry who tracks down the gang of outlaws who killed his family. While in pursuit of the outlaws, Cheyenne Harry finds time to rescue the sheriff's (Joe Harris) fiancee (Seena Owen).