AA movies

'Lost Weekend' 1945. Strictly fiction but many details resemble Bill's story.

'Days of Wine and Roses'

Des Moines A.A.s had a professional movie camera crew record activities at one
of
their regular Saturday night open house parties at their newly-painted
clubhouse. The
showing (for members and friends only) was scheduled for July 1946.

'Problem Drinkers'. [adapted from a March of Time newsreel to a movie] 1946
[first public film record of AA work - according to Grapevine Aug 1946. may be
same
as mentioned above from Des Moines]

Hal H. Wallis, motion picture producer, cancelled plans to make a full-length
motion
picture about Alcoholics Anonymous. [according to Grapevine June 1947]

'Smash-Up' -prepared with assistance from NCEA [date unknown, sometime late
40's]

'I am an Alcoholic' movie short [sometime in late 40's]

A report was rumored from Hollywood ...a super movie is being made and will be
called
"Love Inside AA" ... bottle fugitives build Love's bonfire while saving souls
...
hear thrilling true confessions as drunks tell all.
...
... the movie company spent vast sums and precious time to change a shallow
script
into an adult and honest picture [revised title not given]
[from Grapevine article, Public Relations, in Nov 1951 on things that 'almost
happened' in AA]

'Come Back, Little Sheba' 1952

'Bills Own Story'
produced by AAWS in early 1960's to preserve Bill telling his story for archival
purposes
and
'Bill Discusses the 12 Traditions'
produced by AAWS about a year later. Has Bill speaking to a group of GSO people
around a conference table.
Both these were reportedly home-movie quality, and somewhat disapointing to the
Conference - never received Conference-approval, though available from GSO as
service
material.
They are both restricted to use within the fellowship only.

'Mr & Miss Anonymous'
proposed name of a movie a large motion-picture producer wanted to make,
portrayed
A.A. lopsided, rewritten and changed name, A.A. thought of suing, didn't
(mentioned
in AA Comes of Age p.126) [may be same as 'Love Inside AA' mentioned above]