Drink_(film)

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Drink (film)

1917 film

Drink is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Fred Groves, Irene Browne and Alice O'Brien.[1] It was the film version of a play by Charles Reade, first performed in 1879 and based on Émile Zola's novel, L'Assommoir.[2]

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Plot

A laundress takes to drink and dies after her alcoholic husband goes mad.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    Murphy p.440
  2. [2]
    Mr. Charles Warner and "Coupeau", South Australian Register (Adelaide), 23 June 1888, page 6.

Bibliography

  • Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.


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