6. Judith of Bethulia

Above: Blanche Sweet (1896 - 1986) in a 1915 photo for Biograph Studios.  
Below: A sob scene from Judith of Bethulia (1914). Sweet came from a family of Vaudeville performers, toddled onto stage at age 4, started her career with Biograph in 1909 (as a 14-year-old), and charmed so many people that she was once considered a very serious rival to Mary Pickford.

Judith of Bethulia (Dir. D.W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish) may be watched or downloaded by clicking here.