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The Wet Parade
The Wet Parade is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Robert Young, Myrna Loy, Walter Huston, Lewis Stone and Jimmy Durante. It is based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair. The film shows how two families are devastated by the effects of alcohol consumption and Prohibition. In addition to the main story, many small vignettes illustrate the theme, such as a three-minute segment that documents the many steps in the creation of counterfeit imported liquor. When the film was released in March 1932, Prohibition had been law for almost 13 years and would not end until December 5, 1933 with the passage of the 21st Amendment.
In 1916, Maggie May Chilcote of Louisiana looks after her heavy-drinking father Roger, tying his shoes for him and retrieving him when he makes a spectacle of himself in public. Roger embarks on a drinking and gambling spree and loses most of the family's money. In the agonies of withdrawal, he kills himself. After the funeral, his friends toast him but Maggie vows to fight the scourge of alcohol abuse.
Maggie's brother Roger Jr., a writer, moves to New York City when his novel is accepted. His college friend, newspaper reporter Jerry Tyler, rents him a room in the modest hotel where he lives. Pow Tarleton, another drunkard who wasted his family resources, owns the hotel and his wife Bertha and their son Kip manage it. Pow stumps for Woodrow Wilson's successful reelection campaign, for the free drinks as well as the politics.
Jerry enlists to fight in World War I. After the war ends, the 18th Amendment becomes law in 1919 despite President Wilson's veto.
Maggie May comes to the hotel to meet her brother, and a flirtatious Pow shows her to Roger's room, assuming that she is a prostitute. Kip runs upstairs to evict her and is shattered when he learns the truth. Roger discovers that Pow has replaced all of Roger's liquor with water. Maggie May realizes that she and Kip have been fighting the same battle, and they warm to each other. She and Roger visit relatives on Long Island, supposedly far from temptation.
On June 29, 1919, many hoard liquor and try to drink as much as possible before midnight. At a lavish party thrown by the Chilcotes' cousins, whose bar is stocked by a boat from Bermuda, Roger is smitten with actress Eileen Pinchon.
Bertha tries to wrest a bottle of bad liquor away from Pow. When it breaks, he beats her to death while she screams that Prohibition is in effect now. Maggie May comforts the devastated Kip. Pow is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Kip does not renew the lease on the hotel, leaving some guests wondering how to move the liquor stored in their rooms. Maggie May comforts Kip and is stunned when she confesses her love for him. They marry, and Kip joins the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
The Wet Parade
The Wet Parade is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Robert Young, Myrna Loy, Walter Huston, Lewis Stone and Jimmy Durante. It is based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair. The film shows how two families are devastated by the effects of alcohol consumption and Prohibition. In addition to the main story, many small vignettes illustrate the theme, such as a three-minute segment that documents the many steps in the creation of counterfeit imported liquor. When the film was released in March 1932, Prohibition had been law for almost 13 years and would not end until December 5, 1933 with the passage of the 21st Amendment.
In 1916, Maggie May Chilcote of Louisiana looks after her heavy-drinking father Roger, tying his shoes for him and retrieving him when he makes a spectacle of himself in public. Roger embarks on a drinking and gambling spree and loses most of the family's money. In the agonies of withdrawal, he kills himself. After the funeral, his friends toast him but Maggie vows to fight the scourge of alcohol abuse.
Maggie's brother Roger Jr., a writer, moves to New York City when his novel is accepted. His college friend, newspaper reporter Jerry Tyler, rents him a room in the modest hotel where he lives. Pow Tarleton, another drunkard who wasted his family resources, owns the hotel and his wife Bertha and their son Kip manage it. Pow stumps for Woodrow Wilson's successful reelection campaign, for the free drinks as well as the politics.
Jerry enlists to fight in World War I. After the war ends, the 18th Amendment becomes law in 1919 despite President Wilson's veto.
Maggie May comes to the hotel to meet her brother, and a flirtatious Pow shows her to Roger's room, assuming that she is a prostitute. Kip runs upstairs to evict her and is shattered when he learns the truth. Roger discovers that Pow has replaced all of Roger's liquor with water. Maggie May realizes that she and Kip have been fighting the same battle, and they warm to each other. She and Roger visit relatives on Long Island, supposedly far from temptation.
On June 29, 1919, many hoard liquor and try to drink as much as possible before midnight. At a lavish party thrown by the Chilcotes' cousins, whose bar is stocked by a boat from Bermuda, Roger is smitten with actress Eileen Pinchon.
Bertha tries to wrest a bottle of bad liquor away from Pow. When it breaks, he beats her to death while she screams that Prohibition is in effect now. Maggie May comforts the devastated Kip. Pow is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Kip does not renew the lease on the hotel, leaving some guests wondering how to move the liquor stored in their rooms. Maggie May comforts Kip and is stunned when she confesses her love for him. They marry, and Kip joins the U.S. Department of the Treasury.