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'Judith of Bethulia' (1914) is a film starring Blanche Sweet and Henry B. Walthall. The film was produced and directed by D. W. Griffith and was the first feature-length film made by pioneering film company Biograph, although the second that Biograph released. For many years, Judith of Bethulia and the Italian film Cabiria (1914) were considered the earliest feature films. However, several earlier examples have come to light in recent years, including the Australian film The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906).
Shortly after its completion and a disagreement Griffith had with Biograph executives on making more future feature-length films, Griffith left Biograph, and took the entire stock company with him. Biograph delayed the picture's release until 1914, after Griffith's departure, so that it would not have to pay him in a profit-sharing agreement they had. The film caused controversy with its inclusion of an orgy scene.
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