The Curse of Drink

1922 film
  • October 1922 (1922-10)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Curse of Drink is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Harry T. Morey, Edmund Breese and Marguerite Clayton.[1] It is based on the 1904 play The Curse of Drink by Charles E. Blaney.

Plot

A former top railroad engineer succumbs to an addiction to bootleg liquor with unfortunate consequences for himself and his stenographer daughter.

Cast

  • Harry T. Morey as Bill Sanford
  • Edmund Breese as John Rand
  • Marguerite Clayton as Ruth Sanford
  • George Fawcett as Ben Flartey
  • Miriam Battista as Baby Betty
  • Brinsley Shaw as Sam Handy
  • Alice May as Mother Sanford
  • Albert L. Barrett as Harry Rand
  • June Fuller as Margaret Sanford

References

  1. ^ Munden p. 159

Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
  • The Curse of Drink at IMDb
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