Английская Википедия:Hit-The-Trail Holliday

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox film Hit-The-Trail Holliday is a lost 1918 silent comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring George M. Cohan in filmization based on his 1915 Broadway play, Hit-the-Trail-Holiday (the spelling of the play differs from the film). Cohan wrote the play for his brother-in-law Fred Niblo, who was soon to become a film director. Cohan produced the film in conjunction with Famous Players–Lasky. A film about Prohibition of Alcohol, directed by one of Hollywood's then biggest alcoholics.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, discharged because of his refusal to sell liquor to a minor, bartender Billie Holiday (Cohan), expert mixer of drinks, seeks employment in St. Johnsburg, a small town dominated by two factions, one a German brewer, the other an American prohibitionist. Pretty Edith Jason (Clayton) strengthens Billy's leanings towards the prohibitionists, and in a rousing address he is successful in making a name for himself. Before long, accompanied by Edith who is now his wife, Billy makes a tour of various cities in an endeavor to wipe out the liquor interests.

Cast

• George M. Cohan as Billie Holiday
• Marguerite Clayton as Edith Jason
• Robert Broderick as Otto Wurst
• Pat O'Malley as Kent B. Wurst
• Russell Bassett as Burr Jason
• Richard Barthelmess as Bobby Jason
• William Walcott as Reverend Holden

See also

• The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount); a possibility that the unnamed Cohan clip is from Hit-The-Trail Holliday.
• Prohibition in the United States

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