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Thief
of
Bagdad,
The
In
the
ancient
dream
city of
Bagdad,
Ahmed
(Douglas
Fairbanks)
is a
handsome
rogue of
a thief
whose
heart is
stolen
by the
beautiful
daughter
of the
Caliph.
The
ruler
declares
that the
hand of
the
princess
will
belong
to the
one who
brings
back the
world's
rarest
treasure.
Ahmed
must
compete
with the
great
princes
of the
earth
using
only his
resourcefulness,
bravery,
and
charm.
He
embarks
on a
mystical
quest
and must
overcome
horrific
obstacles,
terrifying
monsters
and
Mongol
hordes
to
survive.
This
spectacular
and
award-winning
motion
picture
is a
visual
feast.
With
magnificent,
imaginative
sets and
special
effects
that
astounded
audiences,
it was
the most
expensive
film of
the era,
costing
over $2
million
when
produced
in 1924.
This
epic
features
the kind
of
charismatic
performance
by
Douglas
Fairbanks
that
made him
a
superstar.
The
"Thief
Of
Bagdad"
is
recognized
as one
of the
greatest
silent
films of
all
time.
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Way
Down
East
A
cruel
web of
deceit
and
sexual
desire
ensnares
an
innocent
young
woman in
D.W.
Griffith's
powerful
silent
epic,
Way Down
East. On
her
first
visit to
rich
relatives
in the
big
city,
starry-eyed
country
waif
Anna
Moore
(Lillian
Gish) is
easy
prey for
a
scheming
womanizer
who cons
her out
of her
virginity
with a
staged
"marriage."
He later
walks
out on
his
pregnant
"wife,"
telling
her the
sordid
truth
that the
marriage
ceremony
was a
sham.
After
her baby
dies,
she is
driven
to
wandering
the
streets
in shame
and
destitution.
Alone
and
desperate,
Anna
begs
door to
door for
work
until
she is
taken in
as a
servant
by a
pious,
hard
working
farm
family.
Just as
it
appears
that she
is
beginning
to turn
her life
around,
her past
catches
up to
her. The
shocked
patriarch
of the
household
that
gave her
shelter
now
drives
her from
his home
into a
raging
blizzard,
where
she is
soon
lost,
dazed
and
adrift
on a
runaway
ice floe
racing
downriver
toward a
waterfall
and her
doom.
Master
storyteller
D.W.
Griffith,
the
great
pioneer
of early
American
cinema,
tackles
complex
themes
of
prejudice,
judgment,
sexual
inequality
and
redemption
in a
film
that
builds
brilliantly
from an
intimate,
emotionally
charged
personal
melodrama
to a
breathtakingly
epic
cliffhanger
climax.
Way Down
East
stands
with
Intolerance
and The
Birth of
a Nation
as one
of
Griffith's
three
greatest
masterpieces,
all
groundbreaking
milestones
in
cinema
history.
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