Prohibition Era Movies

In a small rural town hit hard by the Depression, Katie Connors resides in a middle-class home with her bootlegging husband Melvin. When the...

A gilded saloon, with a fancy bar, forms the background. A nobby bartender with white coat and apron is dispensing drinks to customers. Behind him...

A cynical tale of two liquor smugglers, who struggle with life, love and lust. A seedy love triangle is unavoidable.

Several prohibition agents display cans and bottles of seized liquor for the camera. They are then shown dumping the goods at a junk yard.

This newsreel depicts the inner-workings of a bootleggers' facility for making and distributing illegal bootleg liquor..

People give their opinion to the report on the unpopular Dry Law.

A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman...

Made during Prohibition and consists of a group of Federal agents destroying a cache of liquor.

Newsreel on the end of Prohibition.

G.W. Wickersham, head of Commission, sums up it's findings for Metrotone.