But, i suggested, are you not a little afraid of placing one so young in the way of temptation. From ten nights in a barroom excerpt, night the seventh. Ten nights in a bar room was released on dvd and bluray as part of the pioneers of africanamerican cinema box set. Commandment keeper church, beaufort south carolina, may 1940. As mentioned above, the 1931 version of ten nights in a bar room was the storys last celluloid gasp. It is accompanied by a jazzy score from donald sosin. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room, by. Ten nights in a barrom1926 is one of four films produced by the colored players film corporation of philadelphia, in the 1920s in philadelphia, pa.
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. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. 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. Nilsson was born anna quirentia nilsson in ystad, sweden on march 30th, 1888. I am aware of one copy of ten nights in a barroom 1926that is located at the george eastman house in rochester, ny.
Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the thanhouser company. 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. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. 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. This melodrama is about the temperance movement and the negative affect liquor has on families. Ten nights in a bar room is the second most popular book of the mid19th century after uncle toms cabin.
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. The colored players film corporation of philadelphia decided to adapt the play to the screen as. Mastered in hd from 35mm film elements preserved by the george eastman. Theatre for fortytwo weeks in such plays as oscar wildes salome and ten nights in a barroom. In 1926, the same year in which ten nights was released, gilpin reclaimed. It is a melodrama, written almost as a play, and would be easy to adapt for stage performance from this book. Ten nights in a barroom, an 1858 play by william w.
The case of young hammond had, from the first, awakened concern. A man is swindled out of his mill business and turns to drink. 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. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles gilpin duration. He has a great distaste for the usual publicity given to film actors, and whenever he is interviewed he will not take any hints that he should divulge the truth about how he lost his voice. Find ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. 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.
He is most famous for his temperance novel titled ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1854. 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. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikisource. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1882 by timothy shay arthur. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 turner classic movies. Nogales was incorporated in 1893, one year before the opening of the mexican customhouse. 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.
The original broadway production of ten nights in a barroom opened on jan 20, 1932. 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 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 men were called by name, who instantly stepped in front of the crowd. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 stream and watch online.
Raymond griffith, veteran film actor and director, and. Overview of ten nights in a barroom, 1926, with charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, at turner classic movies. 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 is nearly destroyed because of it. Ten nights in a bar room roy calnek, 1926 allen johns attic. 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. 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 captures the spirit of the temperance movement which fought the uncontrolled abuse of alcohol in american society. This film is one of my favorite afro american silent films from the 1920s. 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. Barroom definition is a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor. Oconnor disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term.
Ten nights in a barroom 1926, an american film by the colored players of philadelphia. The film is a remake of a 1910 movie and follows the storyline in. Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s. The novel was easily transferred to play format, so it was frequently used to promote prohibition to large audiences. He even played the little girl in a production of ten nights in a barroom at the age of eight.
It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. Ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 letterboxd social film. Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. 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. 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 internet archive. Quickly adapted for the stage, ten nights in a bar room. Performed by susan heerema violin, alexander sovronsky violin, aaron heick. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the first.
Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikipedia. 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 therenight the. A prince of his racejune 1926,ten nights in a barroomnovember 1926,children of fateapril 1927, andthe scar of shameapril 1929. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and sometimes. Ten nights in a barroom 1962 offbroadway tickets, news. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 ten nights in a barroom. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room.
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. 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. 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 there, an 1854 temperance novel by american author timothy shay arthur.
Ten nights in a barroom offbroadway ten nights in a barroom. 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. This film was restored by kino lorber which was archived in the. The moral tale of ten nights in a barroom 1926 becomes dramatic and well composed. A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Blaxploitation pride ten nights in a barroom 1926 facebook. 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. 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. 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.
Ten nights in a barroom 1926 directed by roy calnek. With charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, harry henderson. Colored players film corporation, a philadelphiabased production company, was a leading maker of race films in the late 1920s, releasing four feature films between mid1926 and early 1929. After his daughter is killed by a blow to the head during a bar fight, he is reborn and runs for mayor. 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.
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. Department of afroamerican research arts culture 1,4 views 3. 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. Often morgans young daughter, mary, comes to beg her father to return home. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. Nilsson 18881974 the first swedish actress to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame, anna q. 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. This lowbudget production chooses to make the downfall of joe morgan.
The story line in this film shows a man who begins to drink and. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and. Night the first the sickle and sheaf early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. The book ends with morgan calling for the complete prohibition of drink in his town. Jun 05, 2016 early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. Kind of corny but not unexpected for an old film like this. Let ten men be chosen to search the house and premises, said the leading spirit. Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the selig company. Johnny bond ten nights in a barroom 1967, vinyl discogs.