A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) (Silent) - DVD

A tale of greed, jealousy, and political ambition in Renaissance-era Florence, Italy. A shipwrecked stranger, Tito Melema, arrives on the doorstep of blind scholar Bardo de' Bardi. He takes on a job as the old man's assistant while romancing Bardo's beautiful daughter, Romola. Though the girl does not return the young man's affections, she marries him because that is what her father wishes. When the Medici are forced out of Florence, Ti

The death of her mother has left Jenny Lawrence an orphan. She joins a wagon train to California to go live with her only surviving relative, her uncle John. Her uncle has been murdered by Indians, and a notorious hunted outlaw, Black Brown, finds the arrow-riddled body. Stealing the dead man's wallet and assuming his identity, the outlaw rides off to California to live a new life as John Lawrence. Jenny arrives at John Lawrence's cabin

Legendary director D.W. Griffith spins a heartwarming tale of romance in this touching silent feature, considered by many to be his most moving and emotional work. Lillian Gish plays Susie May Trueheart, a plain country girl who has been in love with her next door neighbor, William Jenkins, since childhood. William dreams of going to college, so Susie secretly sells the family cow to pay for his tuition. The poor girl naively expects hi