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
The Lonely Villa thieves break in. The father finds out what is happening and runs back home to try to save his family. "The Lonely Villa" was produced by the Biograph Company and shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It was released on June 10, 1909 along with another D.W. Griffith split-reel film, "A New Trick". The Lonely Villa The Lonely Villa is a 1909 American short silent crime drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. The film stars David Miles, Marion Leonard and Mary Pickford in one of her first film roles. It is based on the 1901 French play "Au Telephone"