#6: D.W. Griffith's Follow-Up to Birth of a Nation:

"Hahaha. Yeah, guys, I was just kidding with that whole KKK thing. I mean, come on, the studio made me change my ending! Originally there was a big black and white rainbow and lots of hugs. And everyone got along. So really, Intolerance is my response to that awful, awful racism that is just so not me. I mean, you guys get that! I mean Intolerance is what made the Jews Bad Guys kill Jesus, and what made those ugly women prohibitionists go all crazy and steal babies! That actually happens! Babylon! The Medici Family! CRADLE ENDLESSLY ROCKING PLEASE DON'T LET THIS RUIN MY CAREER!"














Hint: it ruined his career. The film was so over-financed and expensive that, even if it was relatively popular, it still hardly made enough to get Griffith out of that barrel he had to wear. A barrel that said "definitely racist" on it in big red letters.