Film Directors - Chapter 2: D.W. Griffith - The Fight For Freedom (1908)
Okay, okay, okay…okay. I knew this was going to happen! Starting with D.W. Griffith is going to be a long, difficult journey. He made nearly 500 films (No lie!) before 1914, which is the year my second director, Charlie Chaplin began making his own films. D.W. Griffith started in 1908!
This is going to be a long, scary road with D.W. Griffith.
I can’t find this film. I didn’t think I was going to be able to find a lot of these early silent films. The internet seems to think it is a film about the Revolutionary War or something. It’s not. It’s a western.
According to the Internet Movie Database the plot goes something like this:
“In a saloon in a Mexican border town, a group of cowboys, including a Mexican named Pedro, play poker. One man is discovered cheating, and is shot dead by Pedro, who is wounded as he attempts to escape. Pedro is followed home by the local sheriff, who proves the next victim of Pedro’s quick temper and pistol. Pedro’s wife, Juanita, is thrown into jail, but he manages to break her out. They head for the border, unaware that a posse is waiting for them.”
Well, I guess I will never know for sure.
Let’s move on, shall we?
