The Lost Weekend Themes

Before The Hangover there was The Lost Weekend, the original cinematic account of a debauchery-filled weekend. Unlike The Hangover, however, The Lost Weekend isn't a laugh-a-minute riot—it's the...

Manipulation is the name of the game when you're an addict, and The Lost Weekend's Don Birnam can play with the best of them. He easily manipulates his girlfriend Helen, who puts his wellbeing abov...

What do you do if you fall in love with the wrong person? That's the quandary faced by the lovely Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend. See, Helen's long-time boyfriend Don Birnam is a smart, swell...

Don Birnam is disappointed. He's disappointed that he's thirty-three and still not a famous writer. He's disappointed that he's unable to stay clean and sober. And he's disappointed that he can't s...