Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages"
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Timing: 3:17 (197 min)
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Actors and characters

Photo Lillian Gish #117774Photo Lillian Gish #117775Photo Lillian Gish #117776Photo Lillian Gish #117777

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish
Character The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Photo Mae Marsh #44704Photo Mae Marsh #44705Photo Mae Marsh #44706Photo Mae Marsh #44707

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh
Character The Dear One (Modern Story)
Photo Robert Harron #117817Photo Robert Harron #117818

Robert Harron

Robert Harron
Character The Boy (Modern Story)
Photo F.A. Turner #206072Photo F.A. Turner #206073Photo F.A. Turner #206074

F.A. Turner

F.A. Turner
Character The Girl's Father (Modern Story)
Photo Sam De Grasse #117808

Sam De Grasse

Sam De Grasse
Character Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
Photo Vera Lewis #120804Photo Vera Lewis #120805

Vera Lewis

Vera Lewis
Character Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
Photo Lillian Langdon #206075Photo Lillian Langdon #206076Photo Lillian Langdon #206077
Lillian Langdon
Character Mary, the Mother (Judean Story)
Photo Olga Grey #117830
Olga Grey
Character Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
Erich von Ritzau
Character First Pharisee (Judean Story)
Photo Bessie Love #108072Photo Bessie Love #108073Photo Bessie Love #108074

Bessie Love

Bessie Love
Character The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
Photo Margery Wilson #206078Photo Margery Wilson #206079Photo Margery Wilson #206080Photo Margery Wilson #206081

Margery Wilson

Margery Wilson
Character Brown Eyes (French Story)
Photo Eugene Pallette #85770Photo Eugene Pallette #85771Photo Eugene Pallette #85772

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette
Character Prosper Latour (French Story)
Photo Spottiswoode Aitken #117799Photo Spottiswoode Aitken #117800
Spottiswoode Aitken
Character Brown Eyes' Father (French Story)
Ruth Handforth
Character Brown Eyes' Mother (French Story)
Photo Elmer Clifton #117794Photo Elmer Clifton #117795Photo Elmer Clifton #117796

Elmer Clifton

Elmer Clifton
Character The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
Photo Seena Owen #206084Photo Seena Owen #206085Photo Seena Owen #206086Photo Seena Owen #206087

Seena Owen

Seena Owen
Character Princess Beloved (Attarea) (Babylonian Story)
Photo Carl Stockdale #120821
Carl Stockdale
Character King Nabonidus (Babylonian Story)
Photo Mary Alden #117781Photo Mary Alden #117782

Mary Alden

Mary Alden
Character Uplifter
Pearl Elmore
Character Uplifter
Julia Mackley
Character Uplifter
Photo Miriam Cooper #117779Photo Miriam Cooper #117780

Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper
Character The Friendless One
Photo Walter Long #117787Photo Walter Long #117788
Walter Long
Character The Musketeer of the Slums / Babylonian Warrior
Photo Tom Wilson #117809
Tom Wilson
Character The Kindly Policeman
Photo Ralph Lewis #117783Photo Ralph Lewis #117784
Ralph Lewis
Character The Governor
Photo Lloyd Ingraham #112617Photo Lloyd Ingraham #112618

Lloyd Ingraham

Lloyd Ingraham
Character Judge of the Court
Photo John P. McCarthy #333882

John P. McCarthy

John P. McCarthy
Character Prison Guard
Photo Monte Blue #117819Photo Monte Blue #117820Photo Monte Blue #117821Photo Monte Blue #117822

Monte Blue

Monte Blue
Character The Strike Leader
Photo Marguerite Marsh #206090Photo Marguerite Marsh #206091Photo Marguerite Marsh #206092Photo Marguerite Marsh #206093

Marguerite Marsh

Marguerite Marsh
Character Debutante
Photo Edward Dillon #206096Photo Edward Dillon #206097Photo Edward Dillon #206098Photo Edward Dillon #206099
Edward Dillon
Character Crook
Photo Billy Quirk #206102Photo Billy Quirk #206103Photo Billy Quirk #206104Photo Billy Quirk #206105

Billy Quirk

Billy Quirk
Character Bartender
Photo Howard Gaye #117839Photo Howard Gaye #117840
Howard Gaye
Character Jesus Christ / Cardinal de Lorraine
William H. Brown
Character Father of the Bride of Cana / Warden
Photo George Walsh #206108Photo George Walsh #206109Photo George Walsh #206110Photo George Walsh #206111
George Walsh
Character The Bridegroom of Cana
Photo W.S. Van Dyke #117844Photo W.S. Van Dyke #117845

W.S. Van Dyke

W.S. Van Dyke
Character Cana Wedding Guest
Photo Allan Sears #117811
Allan Sears
Character The Mercenary
Photo Frank Bennett #333883
Frank Bennett
Character Charles IX
Maxfield Stanley
Character Henri III
Photo Josephine Crowell #117797Photo Josephine Crowell #117798
Josephine Crowell
Character Catherine de Médici
Photo Constance  Talmadge #206114Photo Constance  Talmadge #206115Photo Constance  Talmadge #206116Photo Constance  Talmadge #206117

Constance Talmadge

Constance Talmadge
Character Marguerite de Navarre / The Mountain Girl
Photo W.E. Lawrence #206129Photo W.E. Lawrence #206130Photo W.E. Lawrence #206131
W.E. Lawrence
Character Henri de Navarre
Photo Joseph Henabery #117789
Joseph Henabery
Character L'amiral de Coligny / Defendant
Chandler House
Character Page
Photo Alfred Paget #206132Photo Alfred Paget #206133Photo Alfred Paget #206134Photo Alfred Paget #206135

Alfred Paget

Alfred Paget
Character Prince Belshazzar
Photo Tully Marshall #119093

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall
Character High Priest of Bel / Friend of the Musketeer
Photo Dore Davidson #206138Photo Dore Davidson #206139Photo Dore Davidson #206140Photo Dore Davidson #333884
Dore Davidson
Character The Friendly Neighbor
Taylor N. Duncan
Character Captain of the Gateg / Bodyguard of the Princess Beloved
Photo Owen Moore #206141Photo Owen Moore #206142Photo Owen Moore #206143Photo Owen Moore #206144

Owen Moore

Owen Moore
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Frank Borzage #206153Photo Frank Borzage #206154Photo Frank Borzage #206155Photo Frank Borzage #206156

Frank Borzage

Frank Borzage
Character Extra (uncredited)
Karl Brown
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Frank Campeau #126449Photo Frank Campeau #126450
Frank Campeau
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Constance Collier #96931Photo Constance Collier #96932Photo Constance Collier #96933Photo Constance Collier #96934

Constance Collier

Constance Collier
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Donald Crisp #105415Photo Donald Crisp #105416Photo Donald Crisp #105417

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Nigel De Brulier #206162Photo Nigel De Brulier #206163Photo Nigel De Brulier #206164Photo Nigel De Brulier #206165

Nigel De Brulier

Nigel De Brulier
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Clarence Geldart #206168Photo Clarence Geldart #206169Photo Clarence Geldart #206170Photo Clarence Geldart #206171

Clarence Geldart

Clarence Geldart
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Dell Henderson #206174Photo Dell Henderson #206175Photo Dell Henderson #206176Photo Dell Henderson #206177

Dell Henderson

Dell Henderson
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Russell Hicks #119084Photo Russell Hicks #119085

Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo DeWolf Hopper Sr. #333885
DeWolf Hopper Sr.
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Wilfred Lucas #112609Photo Wilfred Lucas #112610

Wilfred Lucas

Wilfred Lucas
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Francis McDonald #41887Photo Francis McDonald #41888Photo Francis McDonald #41889

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald
Character Extra (uncredited)
Vester Pegg
Character Extra (uncredited)
Herbert Sutch
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Herbert Beerbohm Tree #206180Photo Herbert Beerbohm Tree #206181Photo Herbert Beerbohm Tree #206182Photo Herbert Beerbohm Tree #206183

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo King Vidor #101769Photo King Vidor #101770Photo King Vidor #101771

King Vidor

King Vidor
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Hal Wilson #206186Photo Hal Wilson #206187Photo Hal Wilson #206188
Hal Wilson
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Tammany Young #206189Photo Tammany Young #206190Photo Tammany Young #206191Photo Tammany Young #333886
Tammany Young
Character Extra (uncredited)
Photo Sylvia Ashton #206192Photo Sylvia Ashton #206193Photo Sylvia Ashton #206194Photo Sylvia Ashton #290963
Sylvia Ashton
Character Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance (uncredited)
Photo Jennie Lee #117805Photo Jennie Lee #117806
Jennie Lee
Character Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance (uncredited)
Photo George Beranger #117801Photo George Beranger #117802Photo George Beranger #117803Photo George Beranger #117804

George Beranger

George Beranger
Character Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Kitty Bradbury
Character Jenkins Party Guest (uncredited)
Photo Tod Browning #79411Photo Tod Browning #79412

Tod Browning

Tod Browning
Character Crook (uncredited)
Photo Frank Brownlee #206195Photo Frank Brownlee #206196Photo Frank Brownlee #206197
Frank Brownlee
Character The Mountain Girl's Brother (uncredited)
Photo Kate Bruce #206198Photo Kate Bruce #206199Photo Kate Bruce #206200Photo Kate Bruce #206201
Kate Bruce
Character Old Babylonian Mother / The City Mother (uncredited)
Edward Burns
Character Charioteer of the Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Photo Noble Johnson #90369

Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson
Character Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
Photo George Fawcett #206204Photo George Fawcett #206205Photo George Fawcett #206206

George Fawcett

George Fawcett
Character Babylonian Judge (uncredited)
Photo Jewel Carmen #206207Photo Jewel Carmen #206208Photo Jewel Carmen #206209Photo Jewel Carmen #206210
Jewel Carmen
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Carol Dempster #206213Photo Carol Dempster #206214Photo Carol Dempster #206215Photo Carol Dempster #290965

Carol Dempster

Carol Dempster
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Mildred Harris #206216Photo Mildred Harris #206217Photo Mildred Harris #206218Photo Mildred Harris #206219

Mildred Harris

Mildred Harris
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Daisy Jefferson
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Carmel Myers #206225Photo Carmel Myers #206226Photo Carmel Myers #206227Photo Carmel Myers #206228

Carmel Myers

Carmel Myers
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Eve Southern #206234Photo Eve Southern #206235Photo Eve Southern #206236Photo Eve Southern #206237

Eve Southern

Eve Southern
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Pauline Starke #206240Photo Pauline Starke #206241Photo Pauline Starke #206242Photo Pauline Starke #206243

Pauline Starke

Pauline Starke
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Natalie Talmadge #206246Photo Natalie Talmadge #206247Photo Natalie Talmadge #206248Photo Natalie Talmadge #206249

Natalie Talmadge

Natalie Talmadge
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Ethel Grey Terry #206255Photo Ethel Grey Terry #206256Photo Ethel Grey Terry #206257Photo Ethel Grey Terry #206258
Ethel Grey Terry
Character Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Photo Francis Carpenter #333887
Francis Carpenter
Character Child in Epilogue (uncredited)
Photo Virginia Lee Corbin #206261Photo Virginia Lee Corbin #206262Photo Virginia Lee Corbin #206263Photo Virginia Lee Corbin #206264
Virginia Lee Corbin
Character Child in Epilogue (uncredited)
Photo Peggy Cartwright #117827Photo Peggy Cartwright #117828
Peggy Cartwright
Character Little Girl (uncredited)
Photo Gino Corrado #2417

Gino Corrado

Gino Corrado
Character The Runner (uncredited)
Photo William Courtright #206270Photo William Courtright #206271Photo William Courtright #206272Photo William Courtright #206273
William Courtright
Character Second Pharisee (uncredited)
Photo Erich von Stroheim #83979

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim
Character Second Pharisee (uncredited)
Photo Max Davidson #94393Photo Max Davidson #94394
Max Davidson
Character Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)
Photo Douglas Fairbanks #206276Photo Douglas Fairbanks #206277Photo Douglas Fairbanks #206278Photo Douglas Fairbanks #206279

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks
Character Man on White Horse (uncredited)
Photo Julia Faye #41882

Julia Faye

Julia Faye
Character Bit Role (uncredited)
Photo Clyde E. Hopkins #290967
Clyde E. Hopkins
Character Jenkins's Secretary (uncredited)
Photo Alberta Lee #117831Photo Alberta Lee #117832
Alberta Lee
Character Wife of The Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)
Photo Elmo Lincoln #117812Photo Elmo Lincoln #117813

Elmo Lincoln

Elmo Lincoln
Character The Mighty Man of Valor (uncredited)
Photo Loyola O

Loyola O'Connor

Loyola O'Connor
Character Attarea's Slave (uncredited)
Photo Wallace Reid #117790Photo Wallace Reid #117791Photo Wallace Reid #117792Photo Wallace Reid #117793

Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid
Character Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
Photo Alma Rubens #117833Photo Alma Rubens #117834

Alma Rubens

Alma Rubens
Character Girl at the Marriage Market (uncredited)
Photo Madame Sul-Te-Wan #117814
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Character Girl at the Marriage Market (uncredited)
Ruth Darling
Character Girl at the Marriage Market
Photo George Siegmann #117785Photo George Siegmann #117786
George Siegmann
Character Cyrus (uncredited)
Raymond Wells
Character Counselor to Charles IX (uncredited)
Photo Winifred Westover #206291Photo Winifred Westover #206292Photo Winifred Westover #206293Photo Winifred Westover #206294

Winifred Westover

Winifred Westover
Character The Favorite of Egibi (uncredited)
Photo David Butler #117836

David Butler

David Butler
Character Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
Grace Wilson
Character Dancer of Tammuz (uncredited)

What's left behind the scenes

  • David Wark Griffith originally intended to make the film in 80 parts and release it as a series, but he couldn't secure funding for it. A number of scenes and episodes from 'Intolerance' literally repeat scenes from 'Cabiria' (1914), although Griffith himself claimed he had not even seen that film.
  • 'Intolerance' first appeared on screen on September 5, 1916, at the Liberty Theatre in New York City, in the midst of the campaign to re-elect President Wilson.
  • David Wark Griffith called his film a 'sun drama' because he rarely shot scenes using artificial light.
  • Cecil B. DeMille restored and reused the 'Babylonian sets' for his film 'The Ten Commandments' (1956).
  • Almost all of the film's sets were destroyed in 1930-1932, but some were converted into houses.
  • Pavilions of the Disney studio were built on parts of the foundations of the 'Babylonian sets'.
  • The finished film consisted of almost 14 reels of film, that is, about 4,100 meters. This means that D.W. Griffith used only one meter out of 30 meters of filmed material.
  • Griffith assigned the shooting of each scene of the 'Babylonian Episode' to a large number of cameramen. Filming was conducted simultaneously from different angles of the set, capturing shots in different perspectives and at different speeds. 'Traveling' in the 'Babylonian Episode' was achieved using a tethered balloon. This shooting method was rarely repeated even later.
  • Only one of the four episodes ends well, the American episode.
  • In the 2011 video game "L.A. Noire", one piece of evidence in one of the investigations is a photograph of the set for the Babylonian episode from the film Intolerance, in which the suspect played a role according to the plot, and at the end of this investigation there will also be a chase after the suspect through these sets. Also in the same game, but in a different case, you will have to search for a maniac on these sets.
  • Cecil B. DeMille restored and used the "Babylonian sets" for the film "The Ten Commandments" (1956).
  • Griffith assigned the filming of each scene of the "Babylonian episode" to a large number of cinematographers. Filming was conducted simultaneously from different angles of the set, thereby filming from different perspectives and at different speeds. The "tracking shot" in the "Babylonian episode" was achieved using a tethered balloon. This shooting method was rarely repeated afterward.
  • During the filming of the battle scenes, some extras became so immersed in their roles that they began to inflict real wounds on each other. After the completion of one of the shooting days, medical assistance was required to treat 60 wounds and injuries.
  • D.W. Griffith was forced to reshoot the crucifixion scene when several public organizations raised a fuss, claiming that there were too many extras playing Jews and not enough playing Romans around the cross. Griffith burned the footage and remade the scene.
  • Upon completion of filming, the Los Angeles Fire Department declared the sets of Babylon to be fire hazards and demanded their dismantling. The filmmakers were out of money and unable to comply with the order. The sets stood for nearly four more years before finally being demolished in 1919. By that time, they had deteriorated so much that dismantling required a much smaller sum.
  • The walls of Babylon (wooden frame and plaster) were only 30 meters high, because 100-meter walls made of these materials would not withstand even a light breeze. Even the 30-meter walls had to be reinforced with steel cables, otherwise they would have collapsed.
  • Jenkins and his charitable foundation are based on John D. Rockefeller and his philanthropic foundation. The mass killing of workers at the beginning of the film is a reference to the Ludlow Massacre of 1914, which ended a miners' strike against a number of coal companies, one of which was owned by the Rockefellers.
  • The construction of the prison gallows shown in the film was supervised by a former warden of San Quentin State Prison in California.
  • Cecil B. DeMille restored and reused the “Babylonian sets” for the film “The Ten Commandments” (1956).
  • Griffith assigned a large number of cinematographers to film each scene of the “Babylonian episode.” Filming was conducted simultaneously from different angles of the set, capturing shots from various perspectives and at different speeds. The “traveling” shot in the “Babylonian episode” was achieved using a tethered balloon. This filming method was rarely repeated afterward.
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