Struggle Movie Review 1931

Unfortunately, Griffith's final directorial effort is a ludicrous melodrama about the evils of alcohol. Because of Prohibition, working man Jimmie Wilson (Skelly) takes to illegal hootch, which turns out to be tainted, causing Jimmie to abuse his wife and daughter and destroy their formerly happy home.

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Available on VHS
Running time 87 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Tearjerkers, On the Rocks, Family Ties

Screenplay

D.W. Griffith, Anita Loos, John Emerson

Cast

Hal Skelly, Zita Johann, Evelyn Baldwin, Charlotte Wynters, Helen Mack, Kate Bruce, Jackson Halliday, Edna Hagan, Claude Cooper, Arthur Lipson, Charles Richman, Scott Moore, Dave Manley

Cinematography

Joseph Ruttenberg

Director

D.W. Griffith

Music

D.W. Griffith, Philip A. Scheib