DW GRIFFITH AS IT IS IN LIFE 1910 SILENT MARY PICKFORD 1911

[101punkchick]

this film made me realize that i should never leave my father alone when he's old and appretiate him more now. out of all the movies i've seen in this century, this old one made me realize this.

[pigeonpsycho]

ah, this was around the time the Jews installed the Federal Reserve... and down hill America went..

[georgieonmymind]

my family the maynards owned a silent cinema from 1911. It's really wonderful to be able to see films of that time :-)

Thank you so much

[bloodanddirt]

@georgieonmymind your family sounds bad-ass

[MUSCLELOVER4me]

I have no clue how or why racism is being discussed. This is a cute old film. There is no political agenda attached to it. Nor is thee any plot delivering a message regarding society. Some people just have to get up on a soap box and shoot off there mouth and pick things apart looking for things that aren't there corrupting the movie, it's entertainment value raining on everyone's parade. This is a very wholesome flick - don't look for things that aren't there.

[FaerieCrone]

@MUSCLELOVER4me Well said. Everywhere I go on YouTube lately someone always has to bring that into everything.

[kkallebb]

Pigeon farm? Do they still have those?

[Char503]

Cont.: He eventually met and married my Grandmother. She was raised on a farm on the James River and was from a LARGE family. When he first met my Great Grandfather he was asked about his family, "Tell us about your people, Ed". His reply was earnest and simple, "Well, Mr. Smith, I don't have any people, but I am hoping to have a family and get some". Grandfather and Grandmother had 7 children and were happily married for 30 years. He died of a heart-attack at age 55. Family was his life!

[Char503]

Beautiful!!! This was made the year that my Grandmother and Grandfather were married! During a time when family was highly valued and people viewed making sacrifices for their family's happiness an honor. My Grandfather was an orphan and raised by foster families. When he was 12 (yes, 12) he was set out in a town in Virginia and told, "Well, Ed, have a good life"...he got a job as a water boy for the railroad.

[9TheMajor]

I don't understand all this discussion of racism. There's nothing in the film that relates to this debate. Fearing he has lost his little girl to a young suitor, the old man is eventually rewarded with a grandchild. That's it !!!!

[QueensLadyDay]

@9TheMajor WAKE UP!!! This is America! RACISM is the ONLY topic......ask a Native American....IF you can find ONE in your neighborhood!!

[kinakina123123]

Yes the Birth of Nation contained the typical racist assumptions of the day. This was at a time when lynchings and killings of African Americans were still spasmodically occurring in the south. A theater review around 1910 in the NY Times talks about how two Negro played the part of two Negro on stage so well, better than usual. Which is the weirdest thing I have heard since Goldwyn said Anna May Wong was too Chinese to play the part of a Chinese and then used a westerner. No intermarriage then.

[nswanjy]

very nice old movie thanx for video

[labohemianartist]

isn't THe Birth of a Nation kind of um...wrong? Racially?

[gnocchitimms]

It's ridiculous to ask such a question regarding a film that was made almost 100 yrs. ago. Societal mores were very different including racist attitudes. If you study any sort of history you will find numerous incidents of much of what we today find immoral, amoral, and politically incorrect. Being judgmental about the past is only useful if it serves as a lesson for today...

[LiberalDemocrat83]

In other words, some people were idiots back then. But then to be fair, there are these same types of people who exist today.

[rchdsmth]

....like you?... liberal Democrat...??