Drink (film)

Drink is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Fred Groves, Irene Browne and Alice O'Brien.^[1] It was the film version of a play by Charles Reade, first performed in 1879 and based on Émile Zola's novel, L'Assommoir.^[2]

Drink
Directed by	Sidney Morgan
Written by	Sidney Morgan Charles Reade (play) Émile Zola (novel)
Produced by	Harry T. Roberts
Starring	Fred Groves Irene Browne Alice O'Brien
Production company	British Pictures
Distributed by	Gaumont British Distributors
Release date	March 1917 (1917-03)
Running time	6,000 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

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