Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. Pioneers of africanamerican cinema kino lorber theatrical. It captures the spirit of the temperance movement which fought the uncontrolled abuse of alcohol in american society. The earliest documented telecast of this film took place in new york city wednesday 20 july 1949 on wjz. The film is a remake of a 1910 movie and follows the storyline in the 1854 novel, ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by timothy shay arthur.
Ten nights in a barroom offbroadway ten nights in a barroom. Ten nights in a barroom occasionally wanders away from its tenpart struc ture, has too much preachy dialogue, but was immensely popular as a temperance document in its time, and is powerful even today. A monumental collection of historically vital films, digitally mastered in hd using. Barroom definition is a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor. Ten nights in a barroom, an 1858 play by william w. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the movies were shown as funny.
Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there, an 1854 temperance novel by american author timothy shay arthur. Black cinema looks so much stronger silent then those embarrassing negro pictures done in the 1930s sound era. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s. Nilsson 18881974 the first swedish actress to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame, anna q. Media in category ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Immediately download the ten nights in a bar room summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching ten nights in a bar room. Oconnor disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term. Accidentally preserved, volume 1 19201931 accidentally preserved, volume 2 19191928 accidentally preserved, volume 3 19151929. In 1926, the colored players film corporation was founded by white producer david. Ten nights in a barroom on imdb ten nights in a barroom is available for free download at the internet archive. Find ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. Released 1931, ten nights in a barroom stars william farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 19 min, and received a score of.
Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man pursues the vice lord who killed his daughter, but his journey leads to selfdiscovery and the desire for a better life. A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Dec 14, 2012 how much is ten nights in a barroom worth. Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 directed by roy calnek. Charles gilpin shows his class as an actor as the broken down man and the unmistakable lawrence chenault makes a perfect sleaze, as hes shown in several allblack pictures of the silent era. The moral tale of ten nights in a barroom 1926 becomes dramatic and well composed. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and sometimes. All of the films were considered race films and cared significant and important racial content.
Ten nights in a barroom 1931 letterboxd your life in film. Instead he gets seduced by the lure of the bottle and quickly becomes a raging alcoholic and eventually a bum as he seems to lose everything of importance to him and possibly his daughter as well. This is the spoilers with william farnum and tom santschi produced in 1914. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there emergent texts in american literature by arthur, t. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 out of 4 joe morgan charles gilpin is a former mill owner who spends most of his days and nights inside a local bar where he drinks until he cant walk. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. It is the only surviving film produced by the colored players film corporation of philadelphia, and was mastered from 35mm film elements preserved by the george eastman house. Ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company. To the free conversation passing around him he lent an attentive ear, dropping in a word, now and.
Oconnor a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. At last, slade lost all patience with him, and said, a little fretfully. This film has a barroom brawl that was repeated by the same actors farnum and santschi in the 1932 film ten nights in a barroom soon to be added to the bill sprague collection. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikipedia. Aug 16, 2016 it is the only surviving film produced by the colored players film corporation of philadelphia, and was mastered from 35mm film elements preserved by the george eastman house. She had even been in klondike, ten years before, in a halfdozen flashing sentences picturing the furclad, bemoccasined miners sowing the barroom floors with thousands of dollars worth of gold dust. Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s. The novel was easily transferred to play format, so it was frequently used to promote prohibition to large audiences. Farnum achieved fame on the stage playing benhur in 1900. There is a 1926 film version where a drunkard is swindled out of his mill business but is later reborn and he. Ten nights in a barroom was a financial success for arthur and became the second most popular book of the victorian era, following uncle toms cabin.
Jun 05, 2016 ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the first. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. S miller, jon editor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there is an 1854 novel written by american. William farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd director. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Adapted from the novel ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by timothy shay arthur, the production focuses on joe morgan after he has become a hopeless drunkard.
Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikisource. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 precode hollywood youtube. Black cinema part i race movies the silent era at the. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room. Dec 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Another historical film added to the bill sprague collection. Barroom definition of barroom by the free dictionary. The story line in this film shows a man who begins to drink and becomes an alcoholic. A miller loses his livelihood and selfrespect when he descends into alcoholism, egged on by his business partner who just happens to own the. Released 1931, ten nights in a barroom stars william farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 19 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which. It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. Early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film.
This melodrama is about the temperance movement and the negative affect liquor has on families. After his daughter is killed by a blow to the head during a bar fight, he is reborn and runs for mayor. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. Ten nights in a barroom letterboxd your life in film.
Other plays centering on temperance reform during that decade included the bottle, aunt dinahs pledge, the drunkards warning, and the fruits of the wine cup. Other plays centering on temperance reform during that decade included the bottle, aunt dinahs pledge. Ten nights in a barroom original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city jan 20, 1932 and played through feb 1932. Filmed in a time when prohibition was a hot topic, ten nights in a barroom relates how a professional family man submits to the temptation of alcohol and. Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the thanhouser company. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, an american film by the colored players of philadelphia ten nights in a barroom 1931 film, an american film directed by william a. Ten nights in a barroom occasionally wanders away from its ten part struc ture, has too much preachy dialogue, but was immensely popular as a temperance document in its time, and is powerful even today. His alcoholism is having a major impact on his family and especially his youngest daughter who usually has to go to the bar and beg him to come home. Overview of ten nights in a barroom, 1926, with charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, at turner classic movies. Ten nights in a bar room is the second most popular book of the mid19th century after uncle toms cabin. Originally published in 1854, ten nights in a barroom was the most important american temperance novel, rivaling uncle toms cabin for popularity at the time. And what i saw there ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the first. It was late in the afternoon when the stage set me down at the sickle and sheaf, a new tavern, just opened by a new landlord, in a new house, built with the special end of providing accommodations for man and beast.
Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. Ten nights in a bar room, considered by many to be one of the best temperance novels of the 19th century, tells the story of a mill owner who sells his mill to build a tavern in town, a morality tale, it portrays the evil of alcohol as told by a visitor to the town who stays at the tavern for ten days over a period of ten years. When a new doctor comes to town a father goes to meet him at a bar to get him to aid his sick daughter. Nilsson was born anna quirentia nilsson in ystad, sweden on march 30th, 1888. The film is a melodrama but does try to show the effects of drinking on an alcoholic in a more real manner than most films of the times. Soul and marcus garland both 1925, the conjure woman, the devils disciple, the flying ace, the prince of his race and ten nights in a barroom all 1926, the broken violin. Ten nights in a barroom 1962 offbroadway tickets, news. It is a melodrama, written almost as a play, and would be easy to adapt for stage performance from this book. Filmed in a time when prohibition was a hot topic, ten nights in a barroom relates how a professional family man submits to the temptation of alcohol and is nearly destroyed because of it.
Windy city times news archive starr light mae west mae west is one of a hundred performers featured in an exhibition of glamorous stars who contributed to movie musicals. Ten nights in a barrom 1926 is one of four films produced by the colored players film corporation of philadelphia, in the 1920s in philadelphia, pa. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s arthur. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. To the free conversation passing around him he lent an attentive ear, dropping in a word, now and then, that always told upon the company like a welldirected blow. Synonyms for barroom at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 turner classic movies.
Jun 05, 2016 early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room, by. Ten nights in a bar room an introduction 4 minutes. Often morgans young daughter, mary, comes to beg her father to return home. It is important historically and, when you know the history of saloons in america, it is accurate. Ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 ten nights in a barroom.
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