Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages"
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
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Film crew

Director

Writer

Editor

James Smith
Editor
Rose Smith
Editor

Art Direction

Walter L. Hall
Art Direction

Costume Design

Clare West
Costume Design

Stunts

Leo Nomis
Stunts
Charles Eagle Eye
Stunts

Production Design

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D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith
Production Design

Makeup Artist

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Robert Anderson
Makeup Artist

Production Supervisor

Photo Frank E. Woods #117837

Frank E. Woods

Frank E. Woods
Production Supervisor

Second Assistant Director

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Tod Browning

Tod Browning
Second Assistant Director
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Victor Fleming

Victor Fleming
Second Assistant Director

George W. Hill

George W. Hill
Second Assistant Director
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W.S. Van Dyke

W.S. Van Dyke
Second Assistant Director
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Jack Conway

Jack Conway
Second Assistant Director
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Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan
Second Assistant Director
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Monte Blue

Monte Blue
Second Assistant Director
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Christy Cabanne

Christy Cabanne
Second Assistant Director
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Lloyd Ingraham

Lloyd Ingraham
Second Assistant Director
George Nichols Jr.
Second Assistant Director
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Edward Dillon
Second Assistant Director
Arthur Berthelet
Second Assistant Director
Mike Siebert
Second Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Photo Billy Bitzer #117838

Billy Bitzer

Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Karl Brown
Camera Operator

Property Master

Ralph M. DeLacy
Property Master

First Assistant Director

Photo Joseph Henabery #117789
Joseph Henabery
First Assistant Director
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George Siegmann
First Assistant Director
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Elmer Clifton

Elmer Clifton
First Assistant Director

Screenplay

Set Designer

Frank Wortman
Set Designer
Walter L. Hall
Set Designer
R. Ellis Wales
Set Designer

Construction Coordinator

Martin Aguerre
Construction Coordinator

Assistant Editor

Joe Aller
Assistant Editor

Grip

Assistant Property Master

Halsted Sullivan
Assistant Property Master

Carpenter

Shorty English
Carpenter

Special Effects

Hal Sullivan
Special Effects

First Assistant Camera

Louis Bitzer
First Assistant Camera

Choreographer

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Gertrude Bambrick
Choreographer
Ruth St. Denis
Choreographer

Second Unit

Title Graphics

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Hettie Grey Baker
Title Graphics

Assistant Production Manager

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Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim
Assistant Production Manager

Technical Supervisor

Photo Robert Anderson #119890

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson
Technical Supervisor

Presenter

Poem

Scenario Writer

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D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith
Scenario Writer

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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