Cocaine (1922)
1922 · Silent film · 5 min · dir. Graham Cutts
- Drama
Synopsis
A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Graham Cutts
- Writer
- Frank Miller
- Studio
- Masters Films
- Released
- 1922-05-01
- Running time
- 5 minutes
Cast & crew
- Graham Cutts Director
Cyril Raymond
Hilda Bayley
Flora le Breton- Ward McAllister
- Tony Fraser
- Teddy Arundell
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · cocaine 1922 · levain · 2020-05-03
so what happened to the end? thats it!! omg what happened!? gave it 4 stars cause if any who has been in this position sees it will bring back memories - not so good ones too bad 'ending' is off
★★★ · is there a complete copy in circulation? · Gov Bud Hudnut · 2020-06-16
This clip appears to be in good condition, an indication that it may be taken from a surviving copy of the full film. I hope that's the case, as I haven't seen confirmation that an intact print has been preserved. In its day this British production was highly controversial, coming in the wake of a scandalous suicide linked to a London drug ring headed by a restaurateur named Brilliant Chang. His Chinese ethnicity played a major role in fueling racist fantasies of miscegenation, "Oriental cunning", and all-around malevolence current at the time. At the same time, Sax Rohmer's series of lurid…
