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Pacific wrecks b24d155co ten knights in a bar room. Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s. Ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company. Pictures, too, were hung upon the walls, or more accurately speaking. This lowbudget production chooses to make the downfall of joe morgan. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and sometimes. Often morgans young daughter, mary, comes to beg her father to return home. 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 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and. Department of afroamerican research arts culture 1,4 views 3.

Jul 29, 2016 this 1926 adaptation of a temperance play performed in black communities had the longest run of any race film in the silent erafour weeks in new york. Ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville. 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. Nilsson 18881974 the first swedish actress to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame, anna q. Based on the popular temperance poem by timothy shay arthur, this rarelyseen. Blaxploitation pride ten nights in a barroom 1926 facebook. With robert vaughn, violet horner, robert lawrence, marie trado. Adapted from the novel ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by timothy shay arthur, the production focuses on joe morgan after he has become a hopeless drunkard. 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 is nearly destroyed because of it. Nogales was incorporated in 1893, one year before the opening of the mexican customhouse. See more ideas about home theater rooms, home, movie room. What makes this movie worth watching are the performances by the all black cast. Adapted from the novel ten nights in a barroom and. Gilpin certainly steals the film with his performance as the drunk. 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. A man is swindled out of his mill business and turns to drink. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikipedia. Nilsson was born anna quirentia nilsson in ystad, sweden on march 30th, 1888.

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. Found to be a dull student by his teacher in school, he was apprenticed to. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the movies were shown as funny. The book ends with morgan calling for the complete prohibition of drink in his town. After losing his daughter who is hit in the head by a glass during a bar brawl, he is reborn and runs for mayor a couple years later.

He is most famous for his temperance novel titled ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1854. Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. Timothy shay arthur, 1855 wine is a mocker and beer a brawler. With william farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd, robert frazer. This film is one of my favorite afro american silent films from the 1920s. The film starts with the early history of alcohol in america and examines the 19thcentury temperance and progressive movements through the repeal of the 18th amendment in 1933. 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. Overview of ten nights in a barroom, 1926, with charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, at turner classic movies. Ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a.

Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. 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. The book become a famous temperance novel, moralizing on. Ten nights in a barroom original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city jan 20, 1932 and played through feb 1932. Ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there internet archive. Oconnor a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Feb 08, 2020 ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 letterboxd social film. 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. The original broadway production of ten nights in a barroom opened on jan 20, 1932. 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.

The bar room 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 bar such as mirrors, gilding, etc. When a new doctor comes to town a father goes to meet him at a bar to get him to aid his sick daughter. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s. 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. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 precode hollywood youtube. Jun 05, 2016 early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. As mentioned above, the 1931 version of ten nights in a bar room was the storys last celluloid gasp. This film was restored by kino lorber which was archived in the. This collection of the works of americas legendary first africanamerican filmmakers is the only one of its kind. Quickly adapted for the stage, ten nights in a bar room was a smash hit on the.

After his daughter is killed by a blow to the head during a bar fight, he is reborn and runs for mayor. He eventually finished his childhood in baltimore, where he was to remain in later life. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikisource. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikiwand. An interesting look at protemperance literature of the 19th century. 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. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1882 by timothy shay arthur. Find ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. Night the first the sickle and sheaf early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Aug 1, 2014 everyone needs a snack while watching a movie. It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. The novel was easily transferred to play format, so it was frequently used to promote prohibition to large audiences. Jul 22, 2019 ten nights in a bar room by arthur, t.

The bar adjoined the neat sitting room, and i could see, through the open door, the customer upon whom the lad was attending. She had a small taste of stage acting in sweden and knew that to succeed in furthering her acting ambitions she would need to immigrate to america. The film is a remake of a 1910 movie and follows the storyline in. Ten nights in a bar room, the most famous temperance novel ever written, is divided into ten sections, entitled night the first, night the second, and so on. Johnny bond ten nights in a barroom 1967, vinyl discogs. He was a welldressed young manor rather boy, for he did not appear to be over nineteen years of agewith a fine, intelligent face, that was already slightly marred by sensual indulgence. 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. 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. Told by a visitor to the town who stays at the tavern for ten days over a period of ten years, he shows how customers and owner are all too weak to resist the temptations of demon rum. Proofreadall pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated. A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.

The colored players film corporation of philadelphia decided to adapt the. 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. This 1926 adaptation of a temperance play performed in black communities had the longest run of any race film in the silent erafour weeks in new york. Prohibition dvd,prohibition, directed by ken burns and lynn novick, tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the 18th amendment to the u. This melodrama is about the temperance movement and the negative affect liquor has on families. Its first adaptation was for the broadway stage by william w. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s arthur. Ten nights in a barroom, the most famous temperance novel ever written, is divided into ten sections, entitled night the first, night the second, and so on. Dec 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. 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. It is accompanied by a jazzy score from donald sosin. 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. And what i saw there ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville.

Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles gilpin duration. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles gilpin. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. One day, she appears during a fight between the two. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. A mill owner loses his mortgage, and the life of his child, because of his drinking problem. Synopsis ten nights in a bar room is not available at this time. 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.

One of perhaps 10 film versions of this timothy shay arthur novel. Quickly adapted for the stage, ten nights in a bar room. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. 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. 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. With charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, harry henderson. William farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd director. Among its film adaptations was a 1910 silent film starring. With baby ivy ward, john lowell, nell clark keller, charles mackay. 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. 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. 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.