A full-length stone marker, placed by the Screen Directors’ Guild in 1950 and adorned with its crest, covers the grave. The laying of this marker, by the way, was attended by Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford, Mae Marsh, and Richard Barthelmess, all of whom began their careers with Griffith.

Surrounded by a split-rail fence, said to have been taken from wood on the Griffith Farm.

The dedication of the Screen Guild monument in 1950 attended by Mary Pickford, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess.