Tag: D.w. Griffith


  • Mar 02 2013

    Documenting W.C. Fields on the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1925

    At Thursday's meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, people were fascinated by the post of the 1925 film "Sally of the Sawdust". As a follow-up to several requests, here is my documentation of where I believe D.W. Griffith filmed W.C. Fields on the Motor Parkway.

  • Feb 19 2013

    Film: W.C Fields Driving On the Long Island Motor Parkway in “Sally of the Sawdust”

    John has forwarded this D.W. Griffith film "Sally of the Sawdust". Starring Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, and Alfred Lunt, the film was shot in Bayside, Greenwich an on the "Motor Parkway" in 1925.

  • Apr 30 2011

    The D.W. Griffith Vanderbilt Cup Race Film That Almost Was

    In 1910, D.W. Griffith, the pioneering American director, proposed to create an innovative racing film for American Biograph & Mutoscope . Using the Vanderbilt Cup Race as the backdrop, Griifth wanted the film narrative to highlight "triumph over adversity and competitve rivalry". Andrew Gray has documented Griffith's proposal in this…