Intolerance - 1916

For those of you who enjoyed looking at the monumental sets for "The Thief of Bagdad", here are two views of the largest set ever constructed, for D.W. Griffith's 1916 film, "Intolerance."  The shot from the back, with several people standing at its base, truly gives a sense of the monumental scale achieved with this all wood construction.  Imagine yourself, one of several hundred extras, asked to spend the day atop this monster; to sway and dance around as the towers were shot from the front.  Remember, there were no on-set safety inspectors in those days.