Kansas Saloon Smashers

Kansas Saloon Smashers (1901)

Genres - Comedy, Silent Film  |   Sub-Genres - Silent Film  |   Release Date - Mar 16, 1901  |   Run Time - 1 min.  |  
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Kansas Saloon Smashers is a 1901 comedy short film produced and distributed by Edison Studios. Directed by Edwin S. Porter, it is a satire of American activist Carrie Nation. The film portrays Nation and her followers entering and destroying a saloon. After the bartender retaliates by spraying Nation with water, policemen order them out; the identities of the actors are not known. Inspiration for the film was provided by an editorial cartoon which appeared in the New York Evening Journal.

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Edison Studios, Nation

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Narrative Location: Kansas
Subject: alcoholism

Alternate Titles

Kansas Saloon Smashers
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