The Story of the Movies
"Unhappy with their interpretation of his instructions, Griffith produced a gun from his pocket..."
Bland walked into Olcott's hotel room wearing a long blonde wig and flowing white robe, declaring, “I am Jesus Christ. I will portray myself in your film.”
Griffith's gangster movie was inspired by the contract killing, commissioned by a corrupt police lieutenant, of bookmaker Herman 'Rosy' Rosenthal.
One film historian noted—rather unkindly but not without an element of truth—that Helen Gardner was rather well-upholstered...
