Thursday, May 12, 2016

America (1924)

This Day in History !!!!

Technically speaking, this day in 1784 was the last day of the American Revolutionary War.

Wikipedia.org Article for the American Revolutionary War:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War 

Check out the D. W. Griffith silent classic .........

America (1924)

Run Time:  141 mins
Genre:  Drama, War, Historic
Format:  Standard 4:3 Format, Black & White, Silent
Director:  D. W. Griffith
Starring:  Neil Hamilton, Carol Dempster and Lionel Barrymore

IMDB.com Entry for the Film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014672/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_8

Wikipedia.org Article for the Film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(1924_film)

Wikipedia.org Article for D.W. Griffith:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._W._Griffith

He also helped direct the famous Earthquake scene from the 1936 Clark Gable film San Francisco, directed by Woody Van Dyke (We recomended this film on April 18th, 2016):
http://film366.blogspot.com/2016/04/san-francisco-1936.html

See this guy !!!  I bet you know who he is?
















Well, he is this guy in America (1924)
















Wikipedia.org Article for Neil Hamilton:

Wikipedia.org Article for Carol Dempster:

Wikipedia.org Article for Lionel Barrymore:

The entire Film on YouTube (public domain):


Check out TVGuide.com to see if America (1924) is playing on TV/Cable in your area:
http://www.tvguide.com/movies/america/133711/

Check back in tomorrow ...................... 
For our next Film of the Day .....................

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