Brute Force (1914)
1914 · Silent film · 1 min · dir. D.W. Griffith
A psychological comedy founded on the Darwinian theory of the evolution of man
- Drama
Synopsis
A thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's ignored by a pretty lady. We see the book enacted: Weakhands loses his girlfriend to Bruteforce, but chances upon a design for a weapon to vanquish his rival and win her back. His tribe sees this and sets him up as their leader. With the club, he fends off various creatures (a winged lizard, a snake, a dinosaur) and a rival tribe led by Monkeywalk. The women even manage to repel an attack. But the rival tribe discovers the secret of the club themselves, and capture the women. Weakhands, sitting in despair, chances upon a new weapon: the bow and arrow.
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Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- Frank E. Woods
- Studio
- Biograph Company
- Released
- 1914-04-24
- Running time
- 1 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Hall of Fame, Silent Films, Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- D.W. Griffith
- Billy Bitzer
- Robert Harron
- Mae Marsh
- Wilfred Lucas
- silent film
- silent era
- silent drama
Cast & crew
D.W. Griffith Director
Robert Harron
Mae Marsh- William J. Butler
Wilfred Lucas- Edwin Curglot
Alfred Paget
Jennie Lee
Harry Carey