Background D.W. Griffith’s 1916 masterpiece, Intolerance, is a marvel of nonlinear narrative, innovative film editing, eye-popping sets and great acting. In a star-making role, Constance Talmadge (1897-1973) has the distinction of playing film’s first “feminist heroine,” although this modern concept would have been foreign to her. Talmadge plays a protagonist as tough and as non-dependent […]
