A Drunkard's Reformation
About A Drunkard's Reformation
A man comes home late and drunk. His wife reminds him that he promised to take their daughter to a play. At the play he sees his own drinking played back at him, and what the house would be without it. Arthur V. Johnson plays the man. Linda Arvidson plays the wife. Adele DeGarde is billed with them.
Cast & crew
More about A Drunkard's Reformation
D. W. Griffith directed and wrote it. Billy Bitzer photographed it. Biograph released it and advertised it as the most powerful temperance lecture ever depicted. Wikidata times it at 13 minutes. A print is at the Library of Congress. Robert Harron, Charles Avery, John R. Cumpson, Gladys Egan, and Anita Hendrie are billed. Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Billy Bitzer photographed the homecoming and the play the father is taken to see.
Preservation
A print is at the Library of Congress. Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The lecture is the play inside the film, not a speaker on a platform.
- American Mutoscope and Biograph ran the temperance line in the ads.
- The Internet Archive identifier is ADrunkardsReformation.
Scenes
- At the play the father watches a drinking scene that matches his own house.
Also available
- Internet Archive (ADrunkardsReformation)
