Drink is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Fred Groves, Irene Browne and Alice O'Brien.Murphy p.440 It was the film version of a play by Charles Reade, first performed in 1879 and based on Émile Zola's novel, L'Assommoir.Mr. Charles Warner and "Coupeau", South Australian Register (Adelaide), 23 June 1888, page 6.
Plot A laundress takes to drink and dies after her alcoholic husband goes mad.
Cast Fred Groves as Coupeau Irene Browne as Gervaise Alice O'Brien as Virginie George Foley as Gouget Lionel d'Aragon as Auguste Lautier Arthur Walcott as Chabot Joan Morgan as Gervaise, as a child Stanley Arthur as Bibi William Brandon as Mes-Bottes
References
Bibliography Murphy, Robert. Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute, 2006.
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