The Road to the Heart. 1909. Directed by D. W. Griffith.

(1/31/00)

This was another film shown with the intertitles cut out. And it was a preservation print to boot.

Not much to say about this. It was a silly little piece in which a man will not accept his daughter's boyfriend (or fiance, or whatever). So the daughter leaves. And the wife goes with her. And the man is left without anyone to cook for him. He has different people cook for him and is dissaftisfied with the results. One who is a cowboy type gets angry and shoots up the place. The man goes and rejoins his family.

It isn't very funny, but then comedy was never Griffith's strong point. It only interested me as an historical curiosity.