Hollywood the weather was ideal and there was quick access to various settings. Los Angeles became the capital of the film industry in the United States. The mountains, plains and low land prices made Hollywood a good place to establish film studios. Director D. W. Griffith was the first to make a motion picture in Hollywood. His 17-minute short film "In Old California" (1910) was filmed for the Biograph Company. Although Hollywood banned movie theaters—of which it had none—before annexation that year, Los Angeles had no such restriction. The first film by a Hollywood studio, Nestor Motion Picture Company, was shot
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