You Bet ya!
He pronounced the film "Birth Of A Nation" to be the greatest epic of its time.
(An early silent film by D. W. Griffit also titled "The Clansmen" in some theaters)
Below is a "single frame" from that film:
Woodrow Wilson's History of the American People is quoted in The Birth of a Nation.
Well, in fairness it was the greatest film epic of its time.