The Girl Who Stayed At Home (1919) :
Brief Review -
DW Griffith's homage to the War heroes and the girls who stayed home waiting for them is a well-made contemporary drama. Watching Griffith's films having a simple storyline isn't as exciting as watching his controversial amd hard-hitting films but still it's a Griffith Film afterall. You just can't ignore it. You have to give it a chance for the better understanding of Non-Griffith contemporary flicks. It reminds you how simple yet watchable films others were making and if Griffith made the same stuff once in a while, then it's not a big thing to scream at. From the title i thought The Girl Who Stayed At Home will be about a girl or girls but it isn't just about them. The film is about two brothers who go to War and their sweethearts (not one actually) who wait at home. The one who is not sweetheart yet is attacked by Germans while second one, a bar singer, isn't bothered much except for one marriage proposal which she eventually rejects to remain faithful to the man who has gone to war. Maybe that elder brother's love story could have been better as it didn't look much convincing from the start only. The war scenes are surely worthy and it wasn't a new thing for DW Griffith. It was quite like going for a morning walk to him. And yes it is great indeed. The performances are good. Some supporting characters are surprisingly well written. You see that propaganda touch there and also confederate nature. At last, it's all about America's pride and that's perfectly fine for a Hollywood movie. Moreover, it's about patriotism and family values attached to it so it can relate to anybody. Overall, The Girl Who Stayed At Home is a nice American War Saga made by the greatest director from the country and how can he go wrong even with his simple one. That's still greater than what others did in entire career.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
