As It Is in Life (1910)

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Writer:

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Stars:

George Nichols, Gladys Egan, Mary Pickford

Cast

Credited cast:
George Nichols	...	George Forrester
Gladys Egan	...	George Forrester's Daughter, as a Child
Mary Pickford	...	George Forrester's Daughter, as an Adult
Marion Leonard	...	George Forrester's Sweetheart
Charles West	...	George Forrester's Son-in-Law
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kate Bruce	...	The Maid
William J. Butler
W. Chrystie Miller	...	An Old Man
Anthony O'Sullivan	...	Worker on Farm
Frank Opperman	...	The Daughter's Husband's Companion
Mack Sennett	...	Owner of a Pigeon Farm (unconfirmed)

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 April 1910 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles Pigeon Farm, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Biograph Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

16 min 16 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998)

User Reviews

Griffith 1910

As It Is in Life (1910)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

A rather strange film from D.W. Griffith. A father sacrifices his own happiness in order to take care of his daughter. Years later the girl falls in love and chooses this man over her father, which leads dad into a state of depression. There's the typical Griffith melodrama on display here but I'm really not sure what he was going for in this film. I thought he was trying to tell another story of the poor, which works in the first part of the film but why the father would be so depressed that his daughter meets another man never plays out.

You can get this film through Grapevine as part of their D.W. Griffith: The Director series.