A Slave to Drink

Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man, the enemy of his family had already sunk its claws firmly upon James Grant. A man of superior intelligence, his habits hold him down to the lot of a common laborer in a small saw mill on the St. Johns River. About two years before the opening of the picture he had met and fallen in love with Jenny, the daughter of a small farmer, living near the saw mill. Under the influence of her great love he has succeeded in throwing off the burden of his hereditary desires. For three months he has not touched a drop of liquor.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

11 minutes

Year:

1909

Director:

Sidney Olcott

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Company:

Kalem Company

Cast:
Gene Gauntier

Jenny

Jack J. Clark

James Grant

Crew:
Gene Gauntier

Writer

Sidney Olcott

Director

George K. Hollister

Cinematography

Henry Allen Farnham

Production Design