For His Son (1912)

Name: For His Son
Genre: Drama
Released: 1912-01-21
Duration: 15 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Charles Hill Mailes, Charles West, Blanche Sweet, Dorothy Bernard, Robert Harron

A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a success, but the son becomes addicted to it, much to his father's regret. Loosely based on the allegations that the Coca-Cola company and other soft drink manufacturers laced their soda with dope.

Erscheinungsdatum: 1912-01-21
TMDB: 5.5 / 10 (14)
Laufzeit: 15 Min.
Genres: Drama
Regie: D.W. Griffith

Besetzung

Charles Hill Mailes — The Father, a Physician
Charles West — The Son
Blanche Sweet — The Son's Fiancée
Dorothy Bernard — The Secretary
Robert Harron — At Soda Fountain
Dell Henderson — Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
Walter Hiers — At Soda Fountain (uncredited)
Alfred Paget — Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
Kate Toncray — At Soda Fountain (uncredited)
Grace Henderson — The Landlady
William Bechtel — Dopokoke Factor Employee
Christy Cabanne — One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain

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Gedreht in: Fort Lee

For His Son is a 1912 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Charles Hill Mailes, Charles West and Blanche Sweet. A young man becomes addicted to the secret ingredient in the soft drink invented by his father. Mark Griep claims the film was inspired by the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, the original formulation of Coca-Cola—which contained cocaine—and Vin Mariani, and notes that the book Silent Films, 1877–1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies calls For His Son one of the earliest films to address drug addiction.

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For His Son (1912)

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