(D.W. Griffith, US 1920, 148 min., 35mm)

One of Griffith’s supreme masterworks follows the plight of Anna Moore (Lillian Gish in one of her signature roles), a poor country girl deflowered by the slick Lennox (Lowell Sherman) and forced into exile by her shame. Griffith’s dynamic flair for action is demonstrated in the classic climactic sequence on top of breaking ice floes. Live piano by Philip C. Carli.