DEATH'S
MARATHON (1912)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
In 1908, Griffith
accepted an acting job at Biograph, in New York City. At Biograph, Griffith's
career in the film industry would change forever. That year, Biograph's
chief director
Wallace McCutcheon grew ill, and his son took his
place, but was not able to bring the studio success.
As a result, Biograph's head Henry Marvin gave Griffith the position. In 1910,
Griffith and Biograph shot In
Old California — the first movie shoot in Hollywood. Death's Marathon,
another early California production, follows two business partners as they
pursue the same woman.
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