Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1921)
Melodrama | 11 December 1921
Director:
Oscar ApfelWriter:
L. Case RussellCinematographer:
Joseph SettleProduction Company:
Blazed Trail ProductionsCopyrighted as 9 reels.
William W. Pratt’s full play was adapted into several films, including Ten Nights in a Barroom (one scene, 1897), Biograph's five-part Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, (1901), S. Lubin's Ten Nights in a Barrom (1903), Ten Nights in a Barroom (1910), Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1911), Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1913), Ten Nights in a Baroom (by the Colored Players Film Company, 1926), and Ten Nights in a Barroom (1931) (see entries). ...
Copyrighted as 9 reels.
William W. Pratt’s full play was adapted into several films, including Ten Nights in a Barroom (one scene, 1897), Biograph's five-part Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, (1901), S. Lubin's Ten Nights in a Barrom (1903), Ten Nights in a Barroom (1910), Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1911), Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1913), Ten Nights in a Baroom (by the Colored Players Film Company, 1926), and Ten Nights in a Barroom (1931) (see entries).
Joe Morgan, worker in a northern logging camp, falls under the influence of alcohol when a new saloon opens in the town. Eventually he becomes useless as a worker and neglects his wife and child, Little Mary. When his child comes to the saloon to urge her father to return home, a thrown beer tumbler strikes her; she is taken home and later dies. Joe, at least realizing the evil of drink, sets about seeking revenge for his daughter's death. Following a series of thrilling incidents, including a spectacular fire and logging jam, Joe abandons his pursuit of revenge and is reunited with his ...
Joe Morgan, worker in a northern logging camp, falls under the influence of alcohol when a new saloon opens in the town. Eventually he becomes useless as a worker and neglects his wife and child, Little Mary. When his child comes to the saloon to urge her father to return home, a thrown beer tumbler strikes her; she is taken home and later dies. Joe, at least realizing the evil of drink, sets about seeking revenge for his daughter's death. Following a series of thrilling incidents, including a spectacular fire and logging jam, Joe abandons his pursuit of revenge and is reunited with his wife.
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