Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The film is a remake of a 1910 movie and follows the storyline in. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. Overview of ten nights in a barroom, 1926, with charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, at turner classic movies. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Often morgans young daughter, mary, comes to beg her father to return home. Roomnight definition dauntless jaunter travel site. Oconnor a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Nilsson was born anna quirentia nilsson in ystad, sweden on march 30th, 1888.
With robert vaughn, violet horner, robert lawrence, marie trado. The novel was easily transferred to play format, so it was frequently used to promote prohibition to large audiences. A man is swindled out of his mill business and turns to drink. Ten oclock found me alone and musing in the barroom over the occurrences of the evening. Full text of ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there see other formats. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikisource.
Ten nights in a barroom 1931 precode hollywood youtube. With charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, harry henderson. 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. Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and sometimes. With alfie bass, carl bernard, madge brindley, edgar k. Predecriminalisation dramas included 1967s the fox, which has the basic premise that all a lesbian needs is a man, and 1963s the world ten times over, which is possibly the first british lesbian film but was heavily censored before its release. The house, yard, garden, and outbuildings were in the most perfect order.
A bona fide classic of midnight cinema, tommy wiseaus misguided masterpiece subverts the rules of filmmaking with a boundless enthusiasm that renders such mundanities as acting, screenwriting, and cinematography utterly irrelevant. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles gilpin duration. Jun 05, 2016 early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. 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. The present landlord of the place decides to throw hi out and throws a glass at him. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the first. The book ends with morgan calling for the complete prohibition of drink in his town. 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.
Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s. 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. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikipedia. And what i saw there ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the movies were shown as funny. Quickly adapted for the stage, ten nights in a bar room was a smash hit on the. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the. Ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company.
Full text of ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there. 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. 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 bar such as. 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. William farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd director. Significantly, some scenes were shot in an actual london lesbian bar, the gateways club, giving audiences a rare onscreen glimpse of london lesbian culture. 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.
After his daughter is killed by a blow to the head during a bar fight, he is reborn and runs for mayor. The earliest documented telecast of this film took place in new york city wednesday 20 july 1949 on wjz channel 7. Full text of ten nights in a bar room, and what i saw there see other formats. 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. Little mary, though, comes in at that moment and is hit with the class. This film was restored by kino lorber which was archived in 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. Find ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. Ten nights in a barroom original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city jan 20, 1932 and played through feb 1932. One of the highest rooftop bars in bangkok, the rooftop bar is on the 83rd floor of baiyoke sky hotel in pratunam. 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. Find ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio.
Dec 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Overview of ten nights in a bar room, 1931, directed by william oconnor, with william farnum, thomas santschi, patty lou lynd, at turner classic movies. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles. 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. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1882 by timothy shay arthur.
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. 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. Based on the hit temperance play and three previous silent film versions, ten nights in a barroom features william farnum in a haunting performance as the. Expect magnificent views, dizzying heights but an aging attraction, so grab a cocktail from the bar and head up a level to the revolving observation deck and watch the dramas unfold down below. Ten nights in a barroom she plays little mary morgan who is the daughter of an english squire who once owned the property where the barroom now stands and has become basically a drunkard. Ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a.
Film and movie bar nights theres a growing trend in london for pubs and bars to dabble in the world of film by transforming their venues into cinemas. 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. 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. While i mused thus, the barroom door opened, and a man past the prime of life, with a somewhat florid face, which gave a strong relief to the gray, almost white hair that, suffered to grow freely, was pushed back, and lay in heavy masses on his coat collar, entered with a hasty. Rated x for its explicit sex scene, the film tanked at the box office but remains an eradefining cult classic. Night the first the sickle and sheaf early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film. Many pubs and bars in london are now doing weekly or monthly movie nights to offer an alternative way of enjoying a cocktail or two. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. Department of afroamerican research arts culture 1,4 views 3. With william farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd, robert frazer. 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 colored players film corporation of philadelphia decided to adapt the play to.
Gilpin, lawrence chenault, harry henderson based on the hugely popular 1854 temperance. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the. Pacific wrecks b24d155co ten knights in a bar room. Quickly adapted for the stage, ten nights in a bar room. One day, she appears during a fight between the two. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s. Nilsson 18881974 the first swedish actress to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame, anna q. The book become a famous temperance novel, moralizing on.
An interesting look at protemperance literature of the 19th century. One of perhaps 10 film versions of this timothy shay arthur novel. Top 10 film scenes set in a bar filmmakers have used the barroom scene in various ways, from character introduction to drug deals gone wrong, comic set piece and karaoke. 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. It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. 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. This melodrama is about the temperance movement and the negative affect liquor has on families. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s arthur.