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A Drunkard’s Reformation
Also known as The Drunkard’s Reformation in the USA
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 983 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Arthur V. Johnson [John Wharton], Linda Arvidson [Mrs. John Wharton], Adele de Garde [the Wharton daughter], Robert Harron [a theatre usher], John R. Cumpson [a musician in the orchestra], Charles Avery [an actor in the play], [?] Gladys Egan? [an actress in the play as the drunkard’s daughter], Anita Hendrie [an actress in the play; and an audience member], Florence Lawrence [an actress in the play], Marion Leonard [an actress in the play], David Miles [an actor in the play], Owen Moore [an actor in the play], Mack Sennett [an actor in the play], Harry Solter [an actor in the play], Tom Moore [an audience member], [?] Barry O’Moore?

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / With incorporated scenes from the play adaptation L’assommoir by Émile Zola of the novel L’assommoir by Émile Zola. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / 31 March 1909 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H125114]. Released 1 April 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] A surviving film print credits Marion Leonard with the Mrs. John Wharton role and Gladys Egan with the role of the Wharton daughter.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm acetate fine-grain master positive]; and in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 35mm duplicate negative, 35mm duplicate positive {as The Drunkard’s Reformation}].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 15 March 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith pp. 13, 33, 41, 86; Bohn-Light p. 111; Everson-American p. 48; Sloan-Loud pp. 94, 147; Spehr-American p. 1, Usai-Griffith-02 pp. 57-60 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

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