The Last Drop of Water (1911)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Writers:

Bret Harte (story)
Stanner E.V. Taylor (writer)

Release Date:

27 July 1911 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Western

Plot:

A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man...

Plot Keywords:

Wagon Train | One Reeler | Settlers | Water Shortage | Native American Attack

Cast

Blanche Sweet	...	Mary
Charles West	...	Jim
Robert Harron	...	In Wagon Train
Dell Henderson	...	Undetermined Role
Alfred Paget	...	An Indian / In Wagon Train
Francis J. Grandon	...	John's Friend / In Wagon Train
W. Chrystie Miller
Jeanie Macpherson	...	In Wagon Train
Joseph Graybill	...	John
William J. Butler
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Linda Arvidson
Kate Bruce	...	In Wagon Train
John T. Dillon	...	Cavalry Officer (as Jack Dillon)
Gladys Egan	...	In Wagon Train
Guy Hedlund	...	In Wagon Train
Frank Opperman	...	In Wagon Train
W.C. Robinson	...	In Wagon Train
Kate Toncray	...	In Wagon Train

Runtime:

18 min (16 fps)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Filming Locations:

Lookout Mountain, Sierra Madre, California, USA

Company:

Biograph Company

Good to the Last Drop

Fair film, directed by D.W. Griffith. Jim and John (Charles West and Joseph Graybill) are friends, and rivals for the attention of fetching Mary (Blanche Sweet). She picks John for her mate - and, soon, they are all aboard a Wagon Train crossing the dessert. Unfortunately, Ms. Sweet finds herself being physically abused by her drunken husband; probably, she picked the wrong rival. As if that wasn't enough… Indians attack!

Relatively low excitement from Mr. Griffith and company. Big bad John eventually has an opportunity for atonement - will he give up his "Last Drop of Water" to save the life of his dying friend?

**** The Last Drop of Water (7/27/11) D.W. Griffith ~ Blanche Sweet, Joseph Graybill, Charles West