Way too many years ago, on this day, Mr. Griffith was born. Though mostly wiped off the face of movie history for being 'a racist klan member that ate black babies' (no not an exaggeration at all reaaaaaallly...*eyes roll*) there are still places honoring Griffith. His La Grange, Kentucky (his home state) will opened a theatre in his honor today to celebrate the occasion. The 15 seat theatre features a library of Griffith films to chose from. Yay Kentucky! Click here for more information.
Reel Classics has also just released a 2 disc DVD set of rare Griffith and Pickford shorts titled: A GRIFFITH BIOGRAPH COLLECTION FEATURING MARY PICKFORD. Click here for more information (bottom of page).
That being said I'm still working on the ol Griffith site. It will be done...I'm still aiming for May. In the mean time you can still do Griffith a birthday favor by signing the petition to restore his name to the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award (his name was removed in the late 90s in a fit of political correctness). Click here to sign, it takes like 5 minutes.
And for those who missed the boat about the fantastically free legal public domain Internet Archive Films click here to watch a ton of fantastic Griffith films (everything from Corner in Wheat to Birth!) I didn't want to clog up the post so I'm gonna just post one film (which given the new President seems apt): Abraham Lincoln...Griffith's first and only one of two talkies. Enjoy!
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