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Joseph Carl Breil is a Director of Photography and Sound American born on 29 june 1870 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Joseph Carl Breil (29 June 1870 – 23 January 1926) was an American lyric tenor, stage director, composer and conductor. He was one of the earliest American composers to compose specific music for motion pictures. His first film was Les amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912) starring Sarah Bernhardt. He later composed and arranged scores for several other early motion pictures, including such epics as D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). His love theme for "Birth of a Nation", titled "The Perfect Song", was published by Chappell & Co. in an arrangement for voice and keyboard. It was later used as the theme for the radio show "Amos and Andy".
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Joseph Carl Breil
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 june 1870 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 24 january 1926 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 29 june 1870 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 24 january 1926 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
, 2h37Directed by Monte Blue, Jack Conway, Erich von Stroheim, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Joseph Henabery, George Siegmann, Donald Crisp, Allan Dwan, D. W. Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke, Raoul Walsh, Elmer Clifton, Christy Cabanne, Tom Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Horror, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about racism, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
The film follows two juxtaposed families: the Northern Stonemans—abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman, based on the Reconstruction-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, his two sons and his daughter Elsie—and the Southern Camerons, a family including two daughters, Margaret and Flora, and three sons, most notably Ben.
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Spanish Teen Rally (2014)
, 53minutesGenres Documentary
Themes Films about education, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Rating83%
Sharad of Atlantis (1936)
Directed by Joseph Kane, B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films set in Atlantis
Actors Ray Corrigan, Monte Blue, William Farnum, Raymond Hatton, Lee Van Atta, Jack Mulhall
Rating46%
The plot revolves around the main character "Crash" Corrigan trying to stop an evil tyrant ruler of Atlantis from conquering the lost continent and then the entire upper world.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
, 1h33Directed by Edward Sedgwick, Lon Chaney, Rupert Julian, Ernst Laemmle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis
Rating74%
Based on the general release version of 1925, which has additional scenes and sequences in different order than the existing reissue print.
America (1924)
, 2h21Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, Erville Alderson, Charles Emmett Mack, Charles Bennett, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62%
The story shifts between the British up in Northern New York, and the colonial patriots in Massachusetts and Virginia. Up in New York, a little remembered sub-plot takes place. British general Captain Walter Butler (Lionel Barrymore), a loyal and ruthless supporter to the king, leads the Iroquois Native Americans in viciously barraging attacks at the settlers who are siding with the Revolution.
, 2hDirected by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Ruth Clifford, Irene Hunt, George A. Billings, Louise Fazenda, Fay McKenzie, Westcott Clarke
Rating57%
The White Sister (1923)
, 2h23Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane, Charles Lane, J. Barney Sherry, Charles Lane
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68%
Angela Chiaromonte (Lillian Gish) and Captain Giovanni Severini (Ronald Colman) are deeply in love, but Angela's wealthy father, Prince Chiaromonte (Charles Lane), does not know this and arranges her marriage, without her knowledge, to the son of Count del Ferice (Roman Ibanez). However, the prince is killed as the result of an accident while riding to hounds.
The White Rose (1923)
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mae Marsh, Ivor Novello, Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, Lucille La Verne, Kate Bruce
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating62%
The Birth of a Race (1918)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Alice Gale, Edward Elkas, Mary Carr, Louis Dean, Anna Lehr, George Le Guere
Rating59%
Following the "Birth of the Human Race" section of the film, two brothers in a German-American family go to war in Europe, one ("George") fighting for the United States, and the other ("Oscar") fighting for Germany. George is wounded, and at the hospital defends it from a German attack, killing Oscar in the process. George is sent home to America, where he rescues his wife from a German spy.
, 2h43Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about capital punishment, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Vera Lewis, Ralph Lewis, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Fred Turner, Gino Corrado
Roles Music
Rating76%
Quatre époques sont présentées en alternance pour dénoncer l'intolérance : la répression des grèves, le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy, la Passion du Christ et Babylone. De la Babylone antique au début du XX siècle, une illustration métaphorique de la cruauté et de la férocité de l'homme envers son prochain.
The Wood Nymph (1916)
Directed by Paul Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marie Doro, Frank Campeau, Wilfred Lucas, Charles West
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
, 2h37Directed by Monte Blue, Jack Conway, Erich von Stroheim, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Joseph Henabery, George Siegmann, Donald Crisp, Allan Dwan, D. W. Griffith, W. S. Van Dyke, Raoul Walsh, Elmer Clifton, Christy Cabanne, Tom Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Horror, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about racism, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann
Roles Music
Rating60%
The film follows two juxtaposed families: the Northern Stonemans—abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman, based on the Reconstruction-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, his two sons and his daughter Elsie—and the Southern Camerons, a family including two daughters, Margaret and Flora, and three sons, most notably Ben.
Double Trouble (1915)
, 50minutesDirected by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Margery Wilson, Richard Cummings, Olga Grey, Gladys Brockwell, Monroe Salisbury
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating52%
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
, 1h18Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Poésie, Adaptation d'un poème
Actors Henry B. Walthall, Blanche Sweet, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Siegmann, Ralph Lewis, Mae Marsh
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63%
A young man (Henry B. Walthall) falls in love with a beautiful woman (Blanche Sweet), but is prevented by his uncle (Spottiswoode Aitken) from pursuing her. Tormented by visions of death and suffering and deciding that murder is the way of things, the young man kills his uncle and builds a wall to hide the body.
Home, Sweet Home (1914)
, 55minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Fantasy
Actors Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Mary Alden, Lillian Gish, Josephine Crowell, Dorothy Gish
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating58%
John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and girlfriend, Payne begins to lead a dissolute life that leads to ruin and depression. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song, Home! Sweet Home! that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.