The Struggle

One of the greatest directors who ever lifted a megaphone, David Wark Griffith was 56 when he made this, his last movie, and it is a shame that he had to bow out with such a dud. He lived until 1948, but the stigma of this film followed him around and he never worked again. In Hollywood, you're only as good (or as bad) as your last movie, and this was one of the bad ones. While still in his 30s, Griffith made a Biograph short with a similar theme, A DRUNKARD'S REFORMATION. He'd been out of the business for a year after having done ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and when his treasurer surprised him with the news that the company had a few bucks in the till, Griffith borrowed some...