As It Is in Life

⭐ Featured Review

"This is about the fifth D.W. Griffith short film I've seen recently and it doesn't compare as favorably with the others. Much of this is because there is some over-acting/over-gesticulating by one of the actors and it's odd Griffith didn't re-shoot the scenes. I say odd because usually the actors in his films behave much more naturally than what you see in most others of the era. The story is about a man who dedicates his whole life to taking care of his daughter after his wife dies. He forsakes his own needs for her--and this is probably why he behaved so badly when his n..."