Movies and TvShows featuring "temperance" theme.

Emil, a mischievous boy, gets into all sorts of trouble when he teams up with a piglet. Chaos ensues as they navigate through hilarious shenanigans and unexpected adventures. Will Emil be able to keep the piglet out of trouble?

When an orphanage is threatened by a corrupt sheriff and a counterfeiting ring, a group of Robin Hood-like gangsters step in to save the day. Filled with singing, dancing, and comedic antics, they must navigate the world of organized crime and illegal gambling to protect the innocent.

Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) is a comedy drama romance film that tells the story of a riverboat captain who finds himself in the middle of a conflict between a governor and a con man. With elements of family relationships, drunkenness, false accusation, and more, this movie takes place in the 1890s and explores the themes of justice, redemption, and the power of forgiveness.

June Bride is a hilarious screwball comedy set in the 1940s. The story revolves around a magazine editor who reluctantly finds herself planning her sister's wedding in a small town in Indiana. As she navigates through the chaotic wedding preparations, she must also deal with her own complicated romantic past and the challenges of family relationships. With a mix of humor, romance, and mass confusion, June Bride is a delightful movie that will keep you entertained from start to finish.

Henry Carpenter and his wife Millicent are the envy of their exclusive suburban set because of their abundant wine cellar, a blessing in the face of the recent prohibition against alcohol initiated by the Volstead Act. In reality, Henry is down to his last few bottles, and, faced with an impending dinner party, he decides to save face by denouncing the evils of drink. His impassioned speech earns him the support of the Prohibition party for a Congressional seat. Henry is relishing his popularity when his aunt discovers twenty-one cases of rare wine in the cellar, forcing the candidate to choose between political and social success.

Pretty young Nell Bradley is the daughter of a saloonkeeper in a "dry" town, and is looked down upon by townspeople, but Rev. Charles Alden, the town minister, finds himself attracted to her. One day at Nell's father's bar, a traveling salesman gets a young woman intoxicated, intending to "have his way" with her. Nell sees this and gets the bartender to save the young woman's virtue, but just at that moment Rev. Alden walks in and mistakenly believes that Nell has gotten the girl drunk. Complications ensue.

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 who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off his debt in a huff, using all his week's pay. He then storms penniless and without provisions into his ill-furnished house where his wife and two children, ill-clad and ill-fed, cower. Is there any hope for him and for his family? If he does realize how low he's sunk, what help is there to lift him up? Will the family ever know the taste of cherries?

A rising designer leaves a top fashion house to rescue her retired father's New York apparel business.

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play, he's faced with his own drinking evils and how his life would be without them.

Adapted from a novel by Larry Evans, Once to Every Man tells the tales of Danny Bolton, a pugnacious, hard-drinking country boy.

A bandit reforms himself and gives up his baby into better hands. Years later, he attempts to reunite with his daughter without revealing who he is.

Overcoming his addiction to drink, John Fairmeadow leaves the Bowery for a western logging camp posing as a minister. His fistic ability and his gentle manner reform the town drinkers and put the saloon out of business.

Discover the fascinating stories behind popular American drinks, from prohibition-era cocktails to the rise of Starbucks and craft breweries.