1931 B&W 93 Min. Full-frame (1.33:1)
Produced and directed by D.W. Griffith
Screenplay by Anita Loos and John Emerson
Photographed by Joseph Ruttenberg
With Hal Skelly, Zita Johann, Evelyn Baldwin
 

 

A departure from the historical super-productions for which he was known, THE STRUGGLE was an intimate drama of an American everyman who falls victim to the debilitating affliction of alcoholism. No stranger to the destructive influence of drink, Griffith pulls no punches in dramatizing its potential horrors, especially in the terrifying climax when Jimmie, tormented by delirium tremors, attacks his young daughter (Edna Hagan) in the hovel that was once their happy home.