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Drink (film)

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Drink
Directed bySidney Morgan
Written by
Produced byHarry T. Roberts
Starring
Production
company
British Pictures
Distributed byGaumont British Distributors
Release date
  • March 1917 (1917-03)
Running time
6,000 feet
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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]

Plot

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

Cast

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References

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

Bibliography

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