The Young Man's Obsession With Young Women

When d w. Griffith first announced an ambition to work in the theatre, his mother was disappointed. What hope was there for the moral future of a young man surrounded by actresses who were perceived as equivalent to prostitutes? By the time he began acting and trying to write plays, the shy, physically awkward griffith had likely been exposed to and visited actual ladies of the evening in louisville while he was still a teen living with his family. This may be where he started to develop his ideas about women that would emerge in his films. Specifically, that virginal, very young women were the ideal objects of desire,. but as soon as one spoiled such a pristine specimen with his dirty