The Last Drop of Water (1911)

Directed by

D. W. Griffith

Genre

short film, Western film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

18 min

Rated

NR

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent short follows a group of travelers crossing a desert and struggling to survive deadly heat and thirst. It focuses on the physical and emotional strain of their journey.

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What happens

The Last Drop of Water is a 1911 American short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith and 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 May 14 and May 20, 1911. It was reissued by Biograph on August 13, 1915. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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