A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play, he's faced with his own drinking evils and how his life would be without them.
- Date of release
- 1909-04-01
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- Arthur V. Johnson — John Wharton
- Linda Arvidson — Mrs. John Wharton
- Adele DeGarde — The Wharton Daughter
- Charles Avery — Man in the Play
- John R. Cumpson — Man in the Orchestra / Man in the Bar
- Gladys Egan
- Robert Harron — Theatre Usher
- Anita Hendrie — Woman in the Play / Woman in the Audience
- Florence Lawrence — Woman in the Play
- Marion Leonard — Woman in the Play
- David Miles — Man in the Play / Man in the Bar
- Owen Moore — Man in the Play
Interesting facts
A Drunkard's Reformation is a 1909 American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress. The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company advertised the feature as "The most powerful temperance lecture ever depicted".
Production
The drama was filmed in four days–February 25–27 and March 1, 1909–in New York City at Biograph’s studio, which was located in a converted brownstone mansion in Manhattan at 11 East 14th.
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