In Old California (1910 film)
- In Old California (1910 film)
Infobox Film
name = In Old California
director = D. W. Griffith
writer = Stanner E. V. Taylor
starring = Frank Powell
Arthur V. Johnson
Marion Leonard
Henry B. Walthall
cinematography = G. W. Bitzer
distributor = Biograph Company
released = March 10, 1910
runtime = 17 minutes
country = USA
language = silent film
English intertitles
imdb_id = 0001264
"In Old California" is a silent movie filmed in 1910. It was the first movie shot in Hollywood, California. It was directed by D. W. Griffith of the Biograph Company (then based in New York, New York). The film is a melodrama about the Mexican era of California.
Background
Director D.W. Griffith discovered the little village (Hollywood) on his trips to California and decided to shoot there because of the beautiful scenery and friendly people. On May 6, 2004 a monument was erected at 1713 Vine Street, just north of Hollywood Boulevard. The monument was made by Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and the actual rare film which was once thought lost was screened at the Beverly Hills Film Festival. This was the first time the movie had been seen by the public in 94 years. The film will then be scheduled for restoration, and the restored version will be premiered at a later date.
For years the first film thought shot in Hollywood was Cecil B. DeMille's, The Squaw Man (1914). The discovery of Griffith's film not only made it the first ever movie filmed in Hollywood, but that it was a 'Latino' storyline based film. This caused much controversy with certain critics in the Hollywood area that the first Hollywood film was a true 'Latino' storyline.
External links
* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=509810 "In Old California" at the TCM database]
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