Cast: Edwin August

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Edwin August. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Girl and Her Trust (S)

1912 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Dorothy Bernard · Wilfred Lucas · Anthony O'Sullivan · Edwin August

Synopsis Some tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured.

6.2

47 votes

6.2

47 votes

5.4

33 votes

The Renunciation (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mary Pickford · Anthony O'Sullivan · James Kirkwood · Harry Solter

Synopsis Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city.

4.9

30 votes

4.9

30 votes

Through Darkened Vales (S)

1911 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Blanche Sweet · Grace Henderson · Charles West · Joseph Graybill

Synopsis Hard-working Dave loves Grace, but she rejects him for a flashier suitor. Grace is blinded in an accident, and her suitor abandons her. Meanwhile, Dave also goes blind from eye strain caused by overwork. Dave learns of Grace's misfortune and...

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The Cardinal's Conspiracy (S)

1909 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Frank Powell · Florence Lawrence · Linda Arvidson · Edwin August

Synopsis A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the princess which he easily repels. It works; the princess falls...

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Lena and the Geese (S)

1912 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mary Pickford · J. Jiquel Lanoe · Kate Bruce · Mae Marsh

Synopsis For reasons of state, the first-born, a baby girl, is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who is the widowed mother of a little child about the same age. The two children grow...

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The Making of a Man (S)

1911 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Dell Henderson · Blanche Sweet · Edwin August · William J. Butler

Synopsis A girl falls in love with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe and the two elope, but her disapproving father annuls the marriage as she is still underage. The girl runs away before her father discovers that she...

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The Rose of Kentucky (S)

1911 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Wilfred Lucas · Marion Sunshine · Charles West · Kate Bruce

Synopsis A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger brother as a husband. When the younger brother proves to be a coward,...

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Getting Even (S)

1909 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Billy Quirk · Mary Pickford · James Kirkwood · Edwin August

Synopsis The most satisfying and pleasurable sensation experienced is "getting even," especially where one has been held up to ridicule before a jeering mob. Such was the reguerdon of Bud, the Kid of the Mining Camp, after suffering gross humiliation at...

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The Failure (S)

1911 · Movie · 18 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Wilfred Lucas · Dorothy Bernard · Lily Cahill · Edwin August

Synopsis A man loses his business and his fiancée, and drifts into the saloons. There he meets a similarly-downtrodden young woman. She works behind the scenes to help him recover his life, and eventually he realizes how steadfast she is.

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Fate's Turning (S)

1911 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Charles West · Stephanie Longfellow · Grace Henderson · Dorothy Bernard

Synopsis A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich young gentleman, and before she knows it, she's pregnant.

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The Squaw's Love (S)

1911 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction D.W. Griffith

Cast Mabel Normand · Alfred Paget · Dark Cloud · Claire McDowell

Synopsis Wild Flower follows her banished lover, Gray Fox, into the wilderness. Her departure is witnessed by Silver Fawn, who mistakenly thinks Wild Flower is stealing her fiancé. Silver Fawn sets out in pursuit and jealously attacks Wild Flower. They fall...

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