The Breath of a Nation (1919)

Name: The Breath of a Nation
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1919-06-29

Running Time

Plot.

Prohibition has just gone into effect, and Judge Rummy's wife eagerly throws away all of the Judge's liquor. She also plans to have a temperance lecturer use him as an example of the evils of drink. While waiting for the lecturer, Judge Rummy notices that Silk Hat Harry's Soda Fountain is remarkably popular, so he stops in to see what it's all about. He finds out that Harry has developed a substitute for alcoholic drinks, and that Harry's substitute can have quite an effect on those who drink it.

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Cast & Crew.

Gregory La Cava

Director

Thomas A. 'Tad' Dorgan

Comic Book

William Randolph Hearst

Producer

Grim Natwick

Animation

Details.

Release Date
June 29, 1919

Status
Released

Running Time
6m

Genres
Animation Comedy

Last updated: 2024-10-16

This Movie Is About.

prohibition

silent film

short

Wiki.

The Breath of a Nation'' is a short American animation film directed by Gregory La Cava, released in 1919. It is part of the Judge Rummy series. This short animation film is also of historical interest because Educational Films Corporation of America has aired this film in theatres, just in time to coincide with the beginning of the Prohibition! And this is precisely the theme of the film.