Becky Sharp (1935)

Becky Sharp (1935)Watch this video on YouTube Against the backdrop of Napoleon’s Waterloo campaign, an ambitious woman from a family of entertainers begins a destructive climb up the social ladder.

Broken Blossoms (1919)

Lillian Gish in D.W. Griffith's "Broken Blossoms" (1919)Watch this video on YouTube A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London’s seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.