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A Drunkard's Reformation (1909)

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User Rating: 5.5/10 (20 votes)

Overview

Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writer:
D.W. Griffith (writer)
Release Date:
1 April 1909 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Short more
Plot:
A drinking man arrives home, late and sozzled as usual. His wife reminds him that he promised to take their child to a play... more | add synopsis
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Cast

 (Credited cast)
Arthur V. Johnson ... John Wharton
Linda Arvidson ... Mrs. John Wharton
Adele DeGarde ... The Wharton Daughter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Avery ... In the Play
John R. Cumpson ... In the Orchestra / In the Bar
Gladys Egan
Robert Harron ... Theatre Usher
Anita Hendrie ... In the Play / In the Audience

Florence Lawrence ... In the Play
Marion Leonard ... In the Play
David Miles ... In the Play
Owen Moore ... In the Play
Tom Moore ... In the Audience
Herbert Prior ... In the Bar
Mack Sennett ... In the Play / In the Orchestra / In the Bar
Harry Solter ... In the Play
Herbert Yost
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Additional Details

Runtime:
13 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
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Movie Connections:
Edited into Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (1997) (TV) more

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Novelty, 14 November 2001
10/10
Author: João Loff from Lisbon, Portugal

We're all people of the 90's, of the 80's, of today. And this movie would pass unnoticed if i didn't have it explained at the Editing Theories class in film school. When we analize this one on detail, we can spot that Griffith invented all kinds of gimmicks that we take for granted today: fade outs, cross fades, fake continuity, and above all it expresses a true actor's feelings when we see the father at the theater, being clearly influenced by the play he sees. And this work of a play within a play is also a novelty, as so many other things. This works as a triumph, and a prediction of all that would be used later on movies.

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