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For His Son

5.5 15 mins Drama   1912
American Mutoscope & Biograph  
Director(s): D.W. Griffith

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.

Casts of For His Son

Charles Hill Mailes

as The Father, a Physician

Charles West

as The Son

Blanche Sweet

as The Son's Fiancée

Dorothy Bernard

as The Secretary

Robert Harron

as At Soda Fountain

Dell Henderson

as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)

Walter Hiers

as At Soda Fountain (uncredited)

Alfred Paget

as Dopokoke Factory Employee (uncredited)

Kate Toncray

as At Soda Fountain (uncredited)

Grace Henderson

as The Landlady

William Bechtel

as Dopokoke Factor Employee

Christy Cabanne

as One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain

Edward Dillon

as At Soda Fountain

Edna Foster

as At Soda Fountain

Harry Hyde

as One of the Son's Friends

J. Jiquel Lanoe

as At Soda Fountain

Gus Pixley

as At Soda Fountain

W.C. Robinson

as At Soda Fountain

Ynez Seabury

as At Soda Fountain

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