S miller, jon editor and a great selection of related books, art. The book become a famous temperance novel, moralizing on. Ten nights in a barroom original, play, drama, broadway opened in new york city jan 20, 1932 and played through feb 1932. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s arthur. Directed by roy calnek 1926 united states starriing charles s. Adapted from the novel ten nights in a barroom and. Jun 05, 2016 while i mused thus, the bar room door opened, and a man past the prime of life, with a somewhat florid face, which gave a strong relief to the gray, almost white hair that, suffered to grow freely, was pushed back, and lay in heavy masses on his coat collar, entered with a hasty step. Johnny bond ten nights in a barroom 1967, vinyl discogs. 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. And what i saw there ten years ago, business required me to pass a day in cedarville. Among its film adaptations was a 1910 silent film starring frank h. 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 dru. The screenplay of the movies mainly came from the adaptation of the book for the theatre by william w.
Ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company. A mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. With william farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd, robert frazer. Like the drunkard, ten nights in a barroom by timothy shay arthur was a popular temperance melodrama during the 1850s. Ten nights in a barroom 1926, lawrence chenault, charles. Full text of ten nights in a bar room, and what i saw there see other formats. 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 book become a famous temperance novel, moralizing on the certainties of bar room life, and was also made into a play.
S miller, jon editor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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. Mans eternal battle with the demon rum has never been depicted with more psychological clarity and gripping dramatic intent. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the. This nickname was a play on the title of the book ten nights in a bar room, and what i saw there by timothy s. Ibdb internet broadway database archive is the official database for broadway theatre. After losing his daughter who is hit in the head by a glass during a bar brawl, he is reborn and runs for. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. Here we present you some pub trivia questions and answers. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 letterboxd your life in film. The title character, a family man named joe morgan, has a daughter who is very sick and visits the new doctor in town at the local hotel and bar. Operating from 5 mile drome wards near port moresby this bomber was nicknamed ten knights in a bar room and painted with a figure riding a pegasus. Ten nights in a barroom full movie 1931 hd youtube. Pacific wrecks b24d155co ten knights in a bar room.
Overview of ten nights in a bar room, 1921, directed by oscar apfel, with baby ivy ward, john lowell, nell clarke keller, at turner classic movies. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s. The king of the wild 1931 12 tom santschi, boris karloff. This lowbudget production chooses to make the downfall of joe morgan. 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. This film was shot and released in an era when most drunks on in the movies were shown as funny. 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. William farnum, tom santschi, patty lou lynd director. Ten nights in a barroom 1926 a man begins drinking after he is swindled out of his mill. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there wikisource. Nogales was incorporated in 1893, one year before the opening of the mexican customhouse. Full text of ten nights in a barroom, and what i saw there see other formats.
These reform melodramas traced a characters journey from respectability to the degradation of drink and. 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. Originally published in 1854, ten nights in a bar room was the most important american temperance novel, rivaling uncle toms cabin for popularity at the time. Ten nights in a bar room was released on dvd and bluray as part of the pioneers of africanamerican cinema box set. Read the full synopsis of ten nights in a bar room, 1921, directed by oscar apfel, with baby ivy ward, john lowell, nell clarke keller, at turner classic movies. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Ten nights in a bar room is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a. 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. It is accompanied by a jazzy score from donald sosin. Gilpin, lawrence chenault, harry henderson based on the hugely popular 1854 temperance. Romaine again visits the village and finds morgan and his happy surroundings as a monument to his energies, and the scene closing with offering of the family prayers, in commemoration of the guiding spirit that had pointed the way clear and that none may regret deducting from the calendar of their lives the ten nights in a bar room. A smart young irishman was in the bar, and handed me the book in which passengers names were registered.
Dec 01, 2003 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It satisfied the appetite for the sensational and the lurid, yet at the same time was endorsed by all the clergy. Quickly adapted for the stage, ten nights in a bar room. It is a melodrama, written almost as a play, and would be easy to adapt for stage performance from this book. Jun 14, 2019 ten nights in a barroom at the movies. Ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a. These 50 buzzworthy bar and restaurant promotion ideas do both. This melodrama is about the temperance movement and the negative affect liquor has on families.
Great bar and restaurant promotion ideas get people talking and get guests in the door. When a new doctor comes to town a father goes to meet him at a bar to get him to aid his sick daughter. 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 wikipedia. Ten nights in a barroom 19 drama november 19 usa a mill owner loses his mortgage, and the life of his child, because of his drinking problem. It captures the spirit of the temperance movement which fought the uncontrolled abuse of alcohol in american society.
Just grab the questions you like most and make your bar trivia question paper and have fun. 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. Ten nights in a bar room was a financial success for arthur and became the second most popular book of the victorian era, following uncle toms cabin. Dec 25, 2005 the production company, the colored players film corporation, was founded in 1926 by white producer david starkman, who produced popular melodramas about black families and communities. Ten nights in a barroom letterboxd your life in film. Redirected from ten nights in a barroom 1931 film ten nights in a barroom is a 1931 american precode film directed by william a.
Ten nights enjoyed the longest continuous run of any race film in the silent era. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there 1882 by timothy shay arthur. As mentioned above, the 1931 version of ten nights in a bar room was the storys last celluloid gasp. The earliest documented telecast of this film took place in new york city wednesday 20 july 1949 on wjz. This film was restored by kino lorber which was archived in the. Crane and marie eline now lost, a 19 adaptation by lee beggs with a cast including gladys egan, a 1921 film directed by oscar apfel, and a 1931 film starring william farnum as joe morgan and tom santschi as simon slade. Honest portrayal of alcoholism and its effects in this rarely seen film. Kino lorber releases pioneers of africanamerican cinema.
The book ends with morgan calling for the complete prohibition of drink in his town. Read the full synopsis of ten nights in a bar room, 1931, directed by william oconnor, with william farnum, thomas santschi, patty lou lynd, at turner classic movies. His fame rested primarily on his extremely popular novel, ten nights in a bar room, and what i saw there. Ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there emergent texts in american literature by arthur, t. Ten nights in a barroom is an exceptional early talking feature, bringing the best of late silent cinema syntax into a melodramatic world filled with sparkling repartee and punchy dialog exchanges. Aug 21, 2006 ten nights in a bar room is the second most popular book of the mid19th century after uncle toms cabin. Find ten nights in a barroom and what i saw there by arthur, t s at biblio. Theyre budget friendly, easy to launch, and designed to boost business on slow nights. In an hour after the death of green, the fact that his dead body was laid out in the room immediately adjoining, seemed utterly to pass from the consciousness of every one in the bar.
Ten nights in a bar room is the second most popular book of the mid19th century after uncle toms cabin. The film is a remake of a 1910 movie and follows the storyline in the 1854 novel, ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by timothy shay arthur. After his daughter is killed by a blow to the head during a bar fight, he is reborn and runs for mayor. The production company, the colored players film corporation, was founded in 1926 by white producer david starkman, who produced popular melodramas about black families and communities. The house, yard, garden, and outbuildings were in the most perfect order. Few, very, of those who came, but went first into the barroom. William farnum, tom santschi, peggy lou lynd, phyllis barrington, rosemary theby, william oconnor. 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 broadway play original ibdb. 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.
Ten nights in a barroom dvd, 2012 for sale online ebay. Ten nights in a bar room an introduction 4 minutes. The room had a close, greasy odor, and looked as if it had not been thoroughly swept and dusted for a week. The play took home 14 awards, including best production, female lead, two male leads, two male major support, male minor support, male bit, female bit, female juvenile, set decor, lighting design, costume, and direction. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 precode hollywood youtube. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by t s. Ten nights in a barroom 1931 passed 1h 12min drama 1 march 1931 usa a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter. Media in category ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Ten nights in a bar room stole the show saturday night for the 68th season of the barn theaters hosscars awards. Adapted from the novel ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there by timothy shay arthur, the production focuses on joe morgan after he has become a hopeless drunkard. After i had recorded mine, he directed my trunk to be carried to the room designated as the one i was to occupy. 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. Oconnor a mans heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.
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. The project gutenberg etext of ten nights in a bar room, by. Filmed in a time when prohibition was a hot topic, ten nights in a bar room relates how a professional family man submits to the temptation of alcohol and is nearly destroyed because of it. Ten nights in a bar room and what i saw there emergent texts in american literature by arthur, t. Its first adaptation was for the broadway stage by william w. 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. The film is a remake of a 1910 movie and follows the storyline in. Ten nights in a bar room an advertisement for the film produced bythanhouser company distributed bymotion picture distributing and sales company release date november 4, 1910 countryunited states languagesilent film english intertitles ten nights in a bar room is a 1910 american silent short drama produced by the thanhouser company. Night the first the sickle and sheaf early temperance melodrama, later adapted to the stage and to film.
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