“FAR FROM ALONE” 1950S ANTI-DRINKING / ALCOHOLISM AWARENESS FILM XD50104

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1950s black and white morality play titled “Far From Alone” was made by Jam Handy productions / Kingswood Studios for the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Church. It was directed by prolific TV director Jean Yarborough. The film aspires to encourage their audience to stick to their convictions of not drinking despite societal pressures to do so. The film additionally criticizes the alcohol industry as a propaganda machine that buys off big name sports players and Hollywood stars to equate drinking alcohol as an all-American pastime. The film is presented by Kingswood Studios and produced in Hollywood by the Jam Handy Organization, the Board of Temperance, and the Radio and Film Commission of the Methodist Church. This 30-minute film follows the story of Bob Eston, a college football star for the fictional Weston U, who is pressured to appear on a TV segment