Thursday 4 October 2018

No gratitude


Nursing a Viper (1909)

Directed by D. W. Griffith this film stars Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard and Frank Powell. During the French Revolution a couple hide an aristocrat from the murderous mob.

It takes a little while for this short film to get to the point and then it sort of robs us of the climax of the piece. Unlike a lot of Griffith films this does not build a tense climax but is a fairly average piece for the period. Nothing much stands out about this early film.

3/5

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