Ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there arthur. With charles gilpin, myra burwell, lawrence chenault, harry henderson. After his daughter is killed by a blow to the head during a bar fight, he is reborn and runs for mayor. 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 by arthur, t s. 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 by arthur, t. 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. Gilpin joe morgan, lawrence chenault simon slade, harry. 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 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. Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the selig company. In 1854, american author timothy shay arthur published ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there. 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 nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. Desperate, i mean, as regarded the various parties brought before my observation. Ten nights in a barroom offbroadway ten nights in a barroom. Ten nights in a barroom occasionally wanders away from its tenpart struc ture, has too much preachy dialogue, but was immensely popular as a temperance document in its time, and is powerful even today. S miller, jon editor and a great selection of related books, art. Dec 14, 2012 how much is ten nights in a barroom worth. Ten nights in a barroom broadway play original ibdb. 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.
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. Ten nights in a bar room was released on dvd and bluray as part of the pioneers of africanamerican cinema box set. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 precode hollywood youtube. It is still a temperance story, make no mistake, but it.
Full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. The original broadway production of ten nights in a barroom opened on jan 20, 1932. There is a 1926 film version where a drunkard is swindled out of his mill business but is later reborn and he. 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. Ten nights in a barroom occasionally wanders away from its ten part struc ture, has too much preachy dialogue, but was immensely popular as a temperance document in its time, and is powerful even today. Dec 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. 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. Find ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. And what i saw there ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. 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. A man is swindled out of his mill business and turns to drink. 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.
Jun 05, 2016 ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the seventh. Sleazy, cheating gamblers and attempts to seduce respectable young women also figure into the story. These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and sometimes. When a new doctor comes to town a father goes to meet him at a bar to get him to aid his sick daughter. An eating cancer was on the community, and so far as the eye could mark its destructive progress, the ravages were fearful. 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. Home concerts sports theater broadway city guide testimonials hot events faqs. Barroom definition is a room or establishment whose main feature is a bar for the sale of liquor. Ten nights in a bar room, an american film by the thanhouser company. 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. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room, by. Ten nights in a barroom, an 1858 play by william w.
Nogales was incorporated in 1893, one year before the opening of the mexican customhouse. The official database for broadway theatre information ten nights in a barroom broadway show play ibdb. 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. 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. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The novel was easily transferred to play format, so it was frequently used to promote prohibition to large audiences. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there, an 1854 temperance novel by american author timothy shay arthur. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. 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.
A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with. 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. Other plays centering on temperance reform during that decade included the bottle, aunt dinahs pledge. In 1854, american author timothy shay arthur published ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there. Synonyms for barroom at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there emergent texts in american literature by arthur, t. T he state of affairs in cedarville, it was plain, from the partial glimpses i had received, was rather desperate.
She had even been in klondike, ten years before, in a halfdozen flashing sentences picturing the furclad, bemoccasined miners sowing the barroom floors with thousands of dollars worth of gold dust. As mentioned above, the 1931 version of ten nights in a bar room was the storys last celluloid gasp. William farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd director. The 1926 version of ten nights in a bar room wisely allows drinking to be just one vice among many slade encourages at his bar. Ten nights in a barroom 1962 offbroadway tickets, news. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 roy calnek, charles gilpin. Ten nights in a barroom on imdb ten nights in a barroom is available for free download at the internet archive.
S miller, jon editor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight 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. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s arthur. The only wonder to me is, said judge lyman, that nobody had wit enough to see the advantage of a good tavern in cedarville ten years ago, or enterprise enough to start one. Jun 05, 2016 the only wonder to me is, said judge lyman, that nobody had wit enough to see the advantage of a good tavern in cedarville ten years ago, or enterprise enough to start one. This lowbudget production chooses to make the downfall of joe morgan. It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. Barroom definition of barroom by the free dictionary. 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.
It is accompanied by a jazzy score from donald sosin. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 directed by william a. Also known as aka original title ten nights in a barroom. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikipedia. Release dates 1 also known as aka 2 release dates usa 27 december 1926. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the movies were shown as funny. Nilsson was born anna quirentia nilsson in ystad, sweden on march 30th, 1888. Ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room.
Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw therenight the first. English us espanol francais france portugues brasil deutsch italiano. Johnny bond ten nights in a barroom 1967, vinyl discogs. Often morgans young daughter, mary, comes to beg her father to return home. I give our friend slade the credit of being a shrewd, farseeing man. Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s. Nilsson 18881974 the first swedish actress to receive a star on the hollywood walk of fame, anna q.
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