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The Struggle
directed by D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948; produced by D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948, D. W. Griffith Productions; performed by Evelyn Baldwin, 1910-2004, Zita Johann, 1904-1993, Hal Skelly, 1891-1934 and Charlotte Wynters, 1899-1991 (New York, NY: Kino Lorber, 1931, originally published 1931), 1 hour 34 mins
Shot with direct sound on a miniscule budget in rented studios and on public streets in the Bronx (and featuring a cast of virtual unknowns), THE STRUGGLE offers poetic closure to Griffith's singularly distinguished career. A departure from the historical super-productions for which he had become known, the film a...
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directed by D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948; produced by D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948, D. W. Griffith Productions; performed by Evelyn Baldwin, 1910-2004, Zita Johann, 1904-1993, Hal Skelly, 1891-1934 and Charlotte Wynters, 1899-1991 (New York, NY: Kino Lorber, 1931, originally published 1931), 1 hour 34 mins
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Shot with direct sound on a miniscule budget in rented studios and on public streets in the Bronx (and featuring a cast of virtual unknowns), THE STRUGGLE offers poetic closure to Griffith's singularly distinguished career. A departure from the historical super-productions for which he had become known, the film allowed him to return to the minimalist production values of the early Biograph shorts with which he first found renown, and reunited hi...
Shot with direct sound on a miniscule budget in rented studios and on public streets in the Bronx (and featuring a cast of virtual unknowns), THE STRUGGLE offers poetic closure to Griffith's singularly distinguished career. A departure from the historical super-productions for which he had become known, the film allowed him to return to the minimalist production values of the early Biograph shorts with which he first found renown, and reunited him with the husband-and-wife screenwriting team that provided him with the scenarios for his earliest successes. Stage actor Hal Skelly stars as Jimmie Wilson, a hard-working American everyman who falls victim to the debilitating affliction of alcoholism. No stranger to the destructive influence of drink, Griffith pulls no punches in dramatizing its potential horrors, especially in the terrifying climax in which Jimmie, tormented by delerium tremens, attacks his trusting daughter (Edna Hagan) in the hovel that was once their happy home. Yet THE STRUGGLE is hardly a didactic condemnation of liquor, but a clever film (inspired by Zola's L'assommoir) laced with social criticism and buoyed by the director's brand of tender humanism.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Evelyn Baldwin, 1910-2004, Zita Johann, 1904-1993, Hal Skelly, 1891-1934, Charlotte Wynters, 1899-1991
Contributor
D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948, D. W. Griffith Productions, Philip A. Scheib, 1894-1969
Author / Creator
D. W. Griffith, 1875-1948, Evelyn Baldwin, 1910-2004, Zita Johann, 1904-1993, Hal Skelly, 1891-1934, Charlotte Wynters, 1899-1991, Anita Loos, 1888-1981, John Emerson, 1874-1956
Date Published / Released
1931
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Topic / Theme
Addictions, Marriage, Family arguments, Alcoholism, City life, Assault and battery, Film Studies, Jimmie Wilson, Florrie, Nina, Nan Wilson
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008. Used by permission of Kino Lorber, Inc.
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