Connection
A Drunkard's Reformation is a american film of genre Drama directed by D. W. Griffith released in USA on 1 april 1909 with Arthur V. Johnson
A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 april 1909
Length 13minutes
Directed by D. W. Griffith
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating57%
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. Biograph advertised the feature as "The most powerful temperance lecture ever depicted".
Synopsis
John Wharton, the husband of a true and trusting wife and father of an eight-year-old girl, through the association of rakish companions becomes addicted to the drink habit, and while the demon rum has not fastened its tentacles firmly, there is no question that given free rein the inevitable would culminate in time. Arriving home one afternoon in a wine besotted condition, he is indeed a terrifying spectacle to his little family. Later, after he has slept off the effects to some extent, while at supper, the little girl shows him two tickets for the theater, begging him to take her. After some persuasion he consents to go. The play is a dramatization of Émile Zola's L'Assommoir, which shows how short a journey it is from peace and happiness to woe and despair by the road of rum. At the final curtain of the play, he is a changed man, going homeward with a firm determination that he will drink no more, which he promises his wife upon his return. Two years later we find the little family seated, happy and peaceful, at the fireside and we know that the promise has been kept.Actors
Arthur V. Johnson
(John Wharton)
Owen Moore
(Man in the Play)
Mack Sennett
(Man in the Play / Man in the Orchestra / In the Bar)
Robert Harron
(Theatre Usher)
Herbert Yost
(In the Play)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to A Drunkard's Reformation
There are 337 films with the same actors, 309 films with the same director, 61703 with the same cinematographic genres, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked A Drunkard's Reformation, you will probably like those similar films :
After Many Years (1908)
, 17minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Florence Lawrence, Harry Solter, Gladys Egan, Charles Inslee, Linda Arvidson, George Gebhardt
Rating55%
The short film is about a love triangle, in which a young lady discovers that she is in love with her boyfriend's best friend after her sweethearts die at sea.
At the Altar (1909)
, 11minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Charles Inslee, James Kirkwood Sr., Mack Sennett, Robert Harron, Herbert Yost, Marion Leonard
Rating54%
A rejected admirer sets up a trap to kill his sweetheart and her fiance before they married and then commit suicide, but before he passes away, he leaves a confession. Fortunately the confession is found on time and a police man runs to the church to save the couple.
The Hindoo Dagger (1909)
, 10minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Marion Leonard, Arthur V. Johnson, Robert Harron, Harry Solter, John R. Cumpson, George Gebhardt
Rating46%
Plusieurs morts sont causées sous l'influence d'un couteau indien qui semble détenir des pouvoirs maléfiques.
A Burglar’s Mistake (1909)
, 10minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marion Leonard, Owen Moore, Mack Sennett, Robert Harron, Harry Solter, Raymond Hatton
Rating55%
Un homme victime de chantage parvient à se défaire de son maitre chanteur.
The Little Darling (1909)
, 2minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett, Robert Harron, Charles Avery, John R. Cumpson, Verner Clarges
Rating47%
The Stolen Jewels (1908)
, 11minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Florence Lawrence, Gladys Egan, John R. Cumpson, Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, George Gebhardt
Rating60%
Le vol apparent de leurs bijoux engendre, pour un couple, une longue série de mésaventures. La surprise est de taille quand ils se rendent compte que c'est leur enfant qui les a caché dans un jouet.
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
, 14minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors James Kirkwood Sr., Owen Moore, Mack Sennett, Robert Harron, Blanche Sweet, Frank Powell
Rating65%
Un grand financier décide de spéculer sur le blé. Les agriculteurs sont dans la misère et font la queue devant la soupe populaire. Le film insiste sur la différence de train de vie entre les agriculteurs qui produisent le blé et les spéculateurs qui s'enrichissent sur cette ressource.
The Helping Hand (1908)
, 15minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Robert Harron, Arthur V. Johnson, Mack Sennett, Florence Lawrence
Rating60%
Après une cérémonie mouvementée, Daisy est enfin mariée.
Resurrection (1909)
, 12minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence, Marion Leonard, Owen Moore, Mack Sennett, Clara T. Bracy
Rating51%
The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
, 12minutesDirected by D. W. Griffith, Gottfried Wilhelm "Billy" Bitzer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Arthur V. Johnson, Linda Arvidson, Gladys Egan, Charles Inslee
Rating56%
On a beautiful summer day a father and mother take their daughter Dollie on an outing to the river. The mother refuses to buy a gypsy's wares. The gypsy tries to rob the mother, but the father drives him off. The gypsy returns to the camp and devises a plan. They return and kidnaps Dollie while her parents are distracted. A rescue crew is organized, but the gypsy takes Dollie to his camp. They gag Dollie and hide her in a barrel before the rescue party gets to the camp. Once they leave the gypsies and escapes in their wagon. As the wagon crosses the river, the barrel falls into the water. Still sealed in the barrel, Dollie is swept downstream in dangerous currents. A boy who is fishing in the river finds the barrel, and Dollie is reunited safely with her parents.