The Vicious Circle
1951-01-01 · 23 min · Not rated
This black and white 1951 sponsored film tells the story of Tommy, a successful Los Angeles advertising man, who takes his beer campaign a little too seriously, and slips into a “vicious circle” of alcoholic behavior, culminating in a thwarted suicide attempt. Tommy survives to wage a campaign against the very advertising he used to propagate.
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- Directors
- Fred S. Niemann
- Production companies
- The National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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