Ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company. The high and the low part 1 complete a thinking allowed program. Ten nights in a barroom original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city jan 20, 1932 and played through feb 1932. When a new doctor comes to town a father goes to meet him at a bar to get him to aid his sick daughter. Find ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. 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. 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 documentary midnight ramble provides excellent, complete coverage of race movies, but is. 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.
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. The original broadway production of ten nights in a barroom opened on jan 20, 1932. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 turner classic movies. Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the thanhouser company. Full text of ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there. Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s. Quickly adapted for the stage, ten nights in a bar room was a smash hit on the page and in the live theater but by 1926, at the height of prohibition, it had lost much of its appeal. Oconnor disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term. With the modest popularity of the catchup titles thread, and the interest on this board in older catalog titles, i thought this list would be a fun one to compile.
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. The novel was easily transferred to play format, so it was frequently used to promote prohibition to large audiences. Often morgans young daughter, mary, comes to beg her father to return home. 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.
Ten nights in a barroom 1926 directed by roy calnek. The story line in this film shows a man who begins to drink and. Other plays centering on temperance reform during that decade included the bottle, aunt dinahs pledge. It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 and the scar of shame 1927 by the colored players of philadelphia the exile. A man is swindled out of his mill business and turns to drink. The collection volume 2 19261962 american silent horror collection 19201998 the art of buster keaton 19201962 the chaplin collection, volume 1 19251952 the chaplin collection, volume 2 19182003 charlie chaplin short. A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.
The book ends with morgan calling for the complete prohibition of drink in his town. 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. Dec 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Com 320, history of film key points from midnight ramble. In each, the narrator describes changes in the cedarville sickle and sheaf tavern, which has a porch, a sitting room, a busy bar, a dining room, and upstairs bedrooms, which he visits. Dec 25, 2005 the production company, the colored players film corporation, was founded in 1926 by white producer david starkman, who produced popular melodramas about black families and communities. Ten nights enjoyed the longest continuous run of any race film in the silent era.
Please bring to my attention any releases i may have neglected. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. Night the first the sickle and sheaf early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 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. Black cinema looks so much stronger silent then those embarrassing negro pictures done in the 1930s sound era. A musical comedy version of the famous temperance drama by william w. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Commandment keeper church, beaufort south carolina, may 1940. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the first. 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. Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. A list of movies in mymy husbands shared dvdbluraydigital collection not counting tv shows, although some tv movies are in here also excluded are specialty dvds such as wrestling match compilations and concerts, short films under 15 minutes long and anything that happens to be on whatever vhs tapes we still have floating around.
Nilsson 18881974 the first swedish actress to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame, anna q. 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. The following films are meant to be a listing as complete as possible with information currently available of all black cast films targeted primarily to black audiences from 19161949. Johnny bond ten nights in a barroom 1967, vinyl discogs. 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. With charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, harry henderson.
After his daughter is killed by a blow to the head during a bar fight, he is reborn and runs for mayor. Ten nights in a barroom, an 1858 play by william w. Ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1882 by timothy shay arthur. The case of young hammond had, from the first, awakened concern, and now a new element was added in the unlookedfor appearance of his mother on the stage, in a state that seemed one of partial derangement.
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. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikisource. The production company, the colored players film corporation, was founded in 1926 by white producer david starkman, who produced popular melodramas about black families and communities. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 letterboxd social film. With william farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd, robert frazer. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the movies were shown as funny.
Nogales was incorporated in 1893, one year before the opening of the mexican customhouse. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and sometimes. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles gilpin duration. 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.
This list is for theatrically released feature length films, and is us releases only. 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. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 stream and watch online. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles. 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 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. Of the dangers that would surround his path, she knew too well. He is most famous for his temperance novel titled ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1854. 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. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there, an 1854 temperance novel by american author timothy shay arthur. 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.
Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. 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. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 and the scar of shame 1927 by the colored players of philadelphia the exile 1931micheauxs first talkie black stereotypes in hollywood films e. Full text of ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there see other formats. 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. How his mother trembled with anxiety, as she saw him leave her side.
Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Arthur and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. And what i saw there ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville. Department of afroamerican research arts culture 1,4 views 3. Ten nights in a barroom1931 melodrama american classic full length movie film black and youtube this was a popular movie as is evidenced by the amount of ephemera in the form of posters that can be found. Telecharger ten nights in a barroom 1926 en streaming. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by timothy shay arthur night the first the sickle and sheaf night the second the changes of a year. 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. The official database for broadway theatre information ten nights in a. Vous pouvez regarder title box office streaming gratuit, ce film est tres divertissant. The moral tale of ten nights in a barroom 1926 becomes dramatic and well composed.
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