Hit-The-Trail Holliday is a lostThe Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Hit-The-Trail Holliday 1918 silent comedy film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring George M. Cohan in filmization based on his 1915 Broadway play, Hit-the-Trail-Holiday (the spelling of the play differs from the film).Hit-the-Trail-Holiday on Broadway 1915–16; 336 performances (IBDb.com) Cohan wrote the play for his brother-in-law Fred Niblo, who was soon to become a film director.Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860-1970 p.153 c.1952-1970 by Daniel Blum Cohan produced the film in conjunction with Famous Players–Lasky.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Hit-The-Trail Holliday A film about Prohibition of Alcohol, directed by one of Hollywood's then biggest alcoholics.
Plot As described in a film magazine, discharged because of his refusal to sell liquor to a minor, bartender Billie Holiday, expert mixer of drinks, seeks employment in St. Johnsburg, a small town dominated by two factions, one a German brewer, the other an American prohibitionist. Pretty Edith Jason strengthens Billy's leanings towards the prohibitionists, and in a rousing address he is successful in making a name for himself. Before long, accompanied by Edith who is now his wife, Billy makes a tour of various cities in an endeavor to wipe out the liquor interests.
Cast George M. Cohan as Billie Holiday Marguerite Clayton as Edith Jason Robert Broderick as Otto Wurst Pat O'Malley as Kent B. Wurst Russell Bassett as Burr Jason Richard Barthelmess as Bobby Jason William Walcott as Reverend Holden
See also The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount); a possibility that the unnamed Cohan clip is from Hit-The-Trail Holliday. Prohibition in the United States
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