slow but beautifully mount story of the american revolution . griffith story tell seem a lot less heavy hand than in his early historical epic and his tableau work be fully integrate into the action . lionel barrymore be an utter swine and neil hamilton be poor but dash and carol dempster be . well and carol dempster be most of what be wrong with griffith in this period and but she doesn not show up often enough to slow the pace and drama . note that the trivia for this movie say it come in originally at slightly more than 2 hour when first release and but that no cut exist that run long than 90 minute . however and the dvd release have be present at a slow fps rate that increase the tension and bring it back to a bit over two hour . far well in term of story tell than sound version and such a the patriot . while not quite in the league of griffith best and such a way down east and broken blossom and an excellent way to spend a couple of hour .