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What Drink Did (1909)

1909 · Silent film · 12 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

  • Drama

Synopsis

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go for a refreshing malt beverage, then to have another and another. Meanwhile, the family waits. He arrives home late and abusive. The next day, hung over, he takes much less convincing to have the drinks; he's gone so long that his wife sends a daughter looking for him. She eventually finds him,…

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Details

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Cinematography
Billy Bitzer
Studio
Biograph Company
Released
1909-05-31
Running time
12 minutes

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