D. W. Griffith success; Biograph co-founder Harry Marvin gave Griffith the position, and he made the short "The Adventures of Dollie". He directed a total of 48 shorts for the company that year. His short "In Old California" (1910) was the first film shot in Hollywood, California. Four years later, he produced and directed his first feature film "Judith of Bethulia" (1914), one of the earliest to be produced in the US. Biograph believed that longer features were not viable at that point. According to Lillian Gish, the company thought that "a movie that long would hurt [the audience's] eyes". Griffith left Biograph
Frederick W. Griffith Frederick W. Griffith Frederick Winter Griffith (December 17, 1858 – July 11, 1928) was an American businessman and politician from New York. He was born on December 17, 1858, in Phelps, Ontario County, New York, the son of John Watson Griffith (1830–1891) and Charlotte Elizabeth (Malette) Griffith (1837–1894). He graduated from Hamilton College in 1886. He married Mary Adams (1865–1917), and they had two sons, one of them being State Senator Henry W. Griffith (1897–1956). Griffith was a member of the New York State Assembly (Wayne Co.) in 1900, 1901 and 1902. He was a member of the New York