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  • The First Glass (1912)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Drama
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The First Glass (1912)
Short | 11 min | Short, Drama
A lonesome old woman sat in a café lost in dreams of yesterday. It was old Sarah, the belle of long ago, now a victim of drink. At a table near her sat two youths and two girls. One of the girls as her manner showed had trodden the path ...See moreA lonesome old woman sat in a café lost in dreams of yesterday. It was old Sarah, the belle of long ago, now a victim of drink. At a table near her sat two youths and two girls. One of the girls as her manner showed had trodden the path before. The other, Fritzi, was only just learning. An untouched glass of liquor was on the table before her. She was listening to the urgings of her companions, but she was uncertain; it was her first. Old Sarah sat and watched the girl and the untouched glass. At last the girl drank. An instinct that had long been smoldered within old Sarah burst afire again. She had long ago given up her own battle with the beast, drink, but now she would fight to save another. At first her efforts to save the girl seemed futile. She has met only with the chidings and rebukes of the other three, but later, seated beside old Sarah, apart from her companions, the girl hears the warning. Sarah tells her that she, too, once was a beautiful young girl and life was only a long happy dream, until, like the girl, she sipped the wine of a little glass, her first. Then it seemed the happiness and sunshine of her life began to slip away. A terrible craving beast had been home within her at the drinking of that little first glass. it had driven her down and down until it had left her as the girl then saw her. Her story finished; Sarah's battle is won. The inevitable future that awaits her has been pictured to the girl who turns back upon the road she had begun to travel. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 8, 1912
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Nov 8, 1912 (United States)

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