For His Son
6.1
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a success, but the son becomes addicted to it, much to his father's regret. Loosely based on the allegations that the Coca-Cola company and other soft drink manufacturers laced their soda with dope.
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Cast
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Charles Hill Mailes
The Father, a Physician
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Charles West
The Son
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Blanche Sweet
The Son's Fiancée
Known for
The Lonedale Operator
Dorothy Bernard
The Secretary
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Robert Harron
At Soda Fountain
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Birth of a Nation
Dell Henderson
Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
Known for
The Crowd
Show People
Walter Hiers
At Soda Fountain (uncredited)
Also in
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Fresh Faces
Alfred Paget
Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Kate Toncray
At Soda Fountain (uncredited)
Also in
The White Caps
The Miser's Heart
Grace Henderson
The Landlady
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
William Bechtel
Dopokoke Factor Employee
Known for
Spite Marriage
Christy Cabanne
One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain
Also in
The House of Darkness
The Wanderer
D.W. Griffith Director · Emmett C. Hall Writer
United States release January 21, 1912 · Produced in United States
Production
American Mutoscope & Biograph
Production
United States
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · January 21, 1912
Theatrical
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