Ten Nights in a Bar-room

A man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.

Cast

William Farnum

as Joe Morgan

Tom Santschi

as Simon Slade

Patty Lou Lynd

as Mary Morgan

Robert Frazer

as Dr. Romaine

Phyllis Barrington

as Ann Slade

Rosemary Theby

as Sarah Morgan

Thomas Jefferson

as Silent Sam

Lionel Belmore

as Bill, the Bartender

John Darrow

as Frank Slade

Frank Leigh

as Harvey Green

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