Pacific wrecks b24d155co ten knights in a bar room. It is accompanied by a jazzy score from donald sosin. Ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s arthur. Johnny bond ten nights in a barroom 1967, vinyl discogs. The play took home 14 awards, including best production, female lead, two male leads, two male major support, male minor support, male bit, female bit, female juvenile, set decor, lighting design, costume, and direction. 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 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. The house, yard, garden, and outbuildings were in the most perfect order.
Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. Night the first the sickle and sheaf early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. Aug 21, 2006 ten nights in a bar room is the second most popular book of the mid19th century after uncle toms cabin. A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Jun 05, 2016 early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. Ten nights in a bar room is the second most popular book of the mid19th century after uncle toms cabin. And what i saw there ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville. Ten nights in a barroom passed 1h 12min drama 1 march 1931 usa a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. The book become a famous temperance novel, moralizing on. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 joe morgan hangs out at the cedarville saloon, loses his flour mill then goes on the wagon in this prohibition promotion. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1882 by timothy shay arthur. Ten nights in a barroom movie posters from movie poster shop. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room, by. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s.
Mans eternal battle with the demon rum has never been depicted with more psychological clarity and gripping dramatic intent. 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 1931 letterboxd social film. Full text of ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there. Overview of ten nights in a bar room, 1921, directed by oscar apfel, with baby ivy ward, john lowell, nell clarke keller, at turner classic movies. Oconnor a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. The novel was easily transferred to play format, so it was frequently used to promote prohibition to large audiences. Ten nights in a bar room stole the show saturday night for the 68th season of the barn theaters hosscars awards. Buy ten nights in a barroom movie posters from movie poster shop. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikipedia.
With william farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd, robert frazer. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 precode hollywood duration. Ten nights in a barroom is an exceptional early talking feature, bringing the best of late silent cinema syntax into a melodramatic world filled with sparkling repartee and punchy dialog exchanges. This lowbudget production chooses to make the downfall of joe morgan.
Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. 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. William farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd director. With baby ivy ward, john lowell, nell clark keller, charles mackay. Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. The barroom had been extended, and now a polished brass rod, or railing, embellished the counter, and sundry ornamental attractions had been given to the shelving behind the barsuch as mirrors, gilding, etc. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the. 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. It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. As ten nights in a bar room novel and play covered a topic that was the hottest political argument of the era, it was natural that silent movies would want to get in on the action. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the first. Read the full synopsis of ten nights in a bar room, 1931, directed by william oconnor, with william farnum, thomas santschi, patty lou lynd, at turner classic movies. Find ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio.
It captures the spirit of the temperance movement which fought the uncontrolled abuse of alcohol in american society. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. It is a melodrama, written almost as a play, and would be easy to adapt for stage performance from this book. The story line in this film shows a man who begins to drink and. Ten nights in a barroom dvd, 20 for sale online ebay. Ten nights in a barroom original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city jan 20, 1932 and played through feb 1932. 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. It was filmed twice by the lubin company, once in 1897 and once in 1903, biograph made a fivepart series of scenes from the tale in 1901 they survive in the library of congresss paper print collection and it was adapted numerous times throughout the 1910s. Often morgans young daughter, mary, comes to beg her father to return home.
A mill owner loses his mortgage, and the life of his child, because of his drinking problem. Ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 precode hollywood youtube. Oconnor a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to.
Originally published in 1854, ten nights in a bar room was the most important american temperance novel, rivaling uncle toms cabin for popularity at the time. Ten nights in a barroom full movie 1931 hd youtube. 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. 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 barroom 19 drama november 19 usa a mill owner loses his mortgage, and the life of his child, because of his drinking problem. Full text of ten nights in a bar room, and what i saw there see other formats. With robert vaughn, violet horner, robert lawrence, marie trado. 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 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. When a new doctor comes to town a father goes to meet him at a bar to get him to aid his sick daughter. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the movies were shown as funny.
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. Filmed in a time when prohibition was a hot topic, ten nights in a bar room relates how a professional family man submits to the temptation of alcohol and is nearly destroyed because of it. Ten nights in a bar room was released on dvd and bluray as part of the pioneers of africanamerican cinema box set. This melodrama is about the temperance movement and the negative affect liquor has on families. Find ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikisource. This nickname was a play on the title of the book ten nights in a bar room, and what i saw there by timothy s. Ten nights in a bar room was a financial success for arthur and became the second most popular book of the victorian era, following uncle toms cabin. As mentioned above, the 1931 version of ten nights in a bar room was the storys last celluloid gasp. Buy ten nights in a barroom dvd manufactured on demand at. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room. Operating from 5 mile drome wards near port moresby this bomber was nicknamed ten knights in a bar room and painted with a figure riding a pegasus. Kind of corny but not unexpected for an old film like this.
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