The Last Drop of Water

The Last Drop of Water is a 1911 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet. Three known prints of the film survive. It was filmed in the San Fernando desert as well as Lookout Mountain, California. The film was considered the most ambitious film made by Griffith during the California trip of 1911 before the Biograph company moved back to New York. It was filmed on or between theMay andMay, 1911. It was reissued by Biograph August 13, 1915.

The Last Drop of Water was promoted as having extras well above 200 to show the detail and money going into the Western. The Biograph Company was heavily promoting the film at one of the highest state of production within the film industry of its day trying to prove its modernity in the state of change within the film industry. This is considered to be Griffiths way of continuing his career since the Western by this time was losing popularity this was his late break into the Western genre. The title of the film changed from In a Wagon Train Going Westward in the 1800s but was changed prior to the films release date. California had a variety of environments that were used within the film it was starting to become popular with filmmakers because of the access to natural and various landscapes. The whole film is an allusion to the life of Sir Philip Sydney and his martyred death of giving all his resources as he lay dying on the battlefield, this reference is given during the first intertitle of the movie. ........

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