The Day After

The Day After

9 mins | Comedy | Dec. 30, 1909

Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but as guests begin to arrive their resolve weakens, and soon they are both cavorting drunkenly. Next morning Mr. Hilton, feeling very sick, is conscience-stricken over his drunkenness and his behavior with another woman. He fears to face his wife until he discovers that she feels just as guilty herself.

The Day After

9 mins | Comedy | Dec. 30, 1909

The Day After
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but as guests begin to arrive their resolve weakens, and soon they are both cavorting drunkenly. Next morning Mr. Hilton, feeling very sick, is conscience-stricken over his drunkenness and his behavior with another woman. He fears to face his wife until he discovers that she feels just as guilty herself.
Producers American Mutoscope & Biograph
Original title The Day After
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers Mary Pickford

Cast

Arthur V. Johnson

as Mr. Hilton

Blanche Sweet

as The New Year

Marion Leonard

as Mrs. Hilton

George Nichols

as A Friend

James Kirkwood

as Party Guest

Jeanie Macpherson

as Party Guest

Mack Sennett

as Party Guest

Henry B. Walthall

as Party Guest

W. Chrystie Miller

as The Old Year

Linda Arvidson

as Servant

Henry Lehrman

as Party Guest

Anthony O'Sullivan

as Party Guest

Paul Scardon

as Party Guest (unconfirmed)

Frank Evans

as Party Guest