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Lone Star State of Mind is Nanci Griffith's 1987 album released on MCA Records, representing her breakthrough to a wider audience after several independent releases. The album showcases Griffith's folk-country style with Texas influences and includes notable tracks 'Trouble in the Fields' and 'Ford...

True Heart Susie is a 1919 American silent drama directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish as a rural young woman who secretly finances her sweetheart's education. The film also features Robert Harron and Clarine Seymour. Griffith's narrative employs direct address and intertitles that provid...

A Corner in Wheat is a 1909 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Biograph Company. It uses parallel editing to contrast a financier's wheat speculation with the poverty of ordinary consumers and farmers. The film is an early example of Griffith's narrative crosscutting and o...

The Musketeers of Pig Alley is a 1912 American short silent film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Biograph Company. Starring Lillian Gish and Elmer Booth, the narrative follows a young musician and his sweetheart who become entangled with neighborhood gangsters in New York's Lower East Side. Film...

Storms is the sixth studio album by Texas-born singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1989 on MCA Records. The album blends folk, country, and pop, featuring a polished production style overseen by veteran record producer Glyn Johns. It is noted for its guest appearances, which include contri...

The Mothering Heart is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by D.W. Griffith for the Biograph Company. The short film stars Lillian Gish in one of her earliest significant screen roles as a young wife who marries a man who later proves unfaithful. After discovering his affair, she gives birth...

The Mother and the Law is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by D.W. Griffith. It originated as the modern-day narrative thread within Griffith's ambitious 1916 epic Intolerance, but was subsequently re-edited and released as a standalone feature. The film tells a stark social melodrama focu...

"The Girl and Her Trust" is a 1912 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith and produced by the Biograph Company. Starring Dorothy Bernard and Wilfred Lucas, the narrative centers on a telegraph operator who defends her office's payroll from two thieves. The film is historically notable...

Isn't Life Wonderful is a 1924 American silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith. Set in post-World War I Europe, the film follows a family of refugees struggling in devastated Germany and was shot on location in and around Berlin and Austria. It stars Carol Dempster and Neil Hamilton. The film was a...

*The Unchanging Sea* is a 1910 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Biograph Company. The drama is an adaptation of Charles Kingsley's poem and utilizes a coastal fishing community as its setting. Starring Arthur V. Johnson and Linda Arvidson, the film is noted for its early...

The Lonely Villa is a 1909 American silent thriller film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Biograph Company. The short film is noted for its early, innovative use of cross-cutting to build suspense by alternating shots between a family trapped in their home and rescuers attempting to save them. The...

A Romance of Happy Valley is a 1919 American silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish and Robert Harron. The story concerns a young man who leaves his rural Kentucky home to seek success in the city, separating him from his family and childhood sweetheart. Long considered lo...

Sally of the Sawdust is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by D. W. Griffith. Starring W. C. Fields as a carnival con man and Carol Dempster as his adopted ward, the narrative follows their struggles after leaving the circus to prove her parentage. The screenplay is an adaptation of the 192...

The Country Doctor is a 1909 American silent short film directed by D. W. Griffith for the Biograph Company. Its story follows a rural physician whose professional duty collides with a crisis in his own family, creating a melodramatic conflict between treating patients and protecting someone close t...

The Greatest Question is a 1919 American silent feature directed by D. W. Griffith. Its story combines dramatic storytelling with plot elements involving spiritualism and the discovery of oil, giving the film two distinctive thematic strands. The work belongs to Griffith's late-1910s output and is r...

In Old California is a 1910 American silent Western directed by D. W. Griffith for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. The short film is a melodrama set in California during the Mexican period and runs for approximately 17 minutes. It is identified in film histories as the first film shot i...

The Love Flower is a 1920 American silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith. It was made for United Artists and filmed in locations including Florida and the Bahamas, giving the production a setting distinct from a conventional studio drama. As a silent film, it tells its story through acted images,...

Dream Street is a 1921 American silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith and set in London's Limehouse district. The film is notable for experimental sound material added through Photokinema, an early sound-on-disc process developed by Orlando Kellum; surviving accounts describe Griffith's spoken int...

The Sorrows of Satan is a 1926 silent drama directed by D. W. Griffith and adapted from Marie Corelli's novel of the same name. Its story follows an impoverished writer whose circumstances change after he encounters a mysterious wealthy benefactor associated with Satan. The production required a sub...