Once to Every Man


1918

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Frohman Amusement Corp.
Distribution Company
Frohman Amusement Corp.; State Rights
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Once to Every Man by Larry Evans (New York, 1913).

Synopsis

Because both his father and grandfather died of alcoholism, the inhabitants of Denny Bolton's small home town in upstate New York consider him, too, a hopeless drunkard. Swayed by the suggestion that he has inherited a craving for liquor, Denny fights to abstain from it, aided only by the woman who loves him, Dryad Anderson. One night, however, Denny is kicked by a horse, and when Dryad sees him unconscious on the floor, she believes the worst and abandons him. Angered, Denny moves to New York City and applies for a job as a fighter in Flash Hogarty's gymnasium. In the ring, Denny stands up to a good fighter named Sutton, which so impresses Flash that he trains Denny to face the lightweight champion, Jed the Red. An encouraging note from Dryad delivered to Denny during the big fight so inspires him that he defeats Jed and returns home triumphant.

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Frohman Amusement Corp.
Distribution Company
Frohman Amusement Corp.; State Rights
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Once to Every Man by Larry Evans (New York, 1913).

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Notes

Eddie Kelly and Kid Broad were well-known fighters. One reviewer noted that Evans' story was also serialized in Metropolitan Magazine. Although the film was listed in release charts in November 1918, ads did not appear until February 1919.