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|status= <span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | |status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> | ||
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'''''The Street of Sin''''' is a 1928 silent, drama-crime film directed by Mauritz Stiller, written by Benjamin Glazer, and stars Emil Jannings, Olga Blanconova and Fay Wray (who would appear in the famous 1933 film ''King Kong''). | |||
According to IMDb, a unsolicited author Ulf Kjell Gur, stated about the plot of the film as: <blockquote>"The story is set in the seamy Soho section of London, where burglar Basher Bill shares bed and board with his sluttish girlfriend Annie. As wicked as they come, Bill softens when he meets virtuous Salvation Army lass Elizabeth." | |||
- Ulf Kjell Gür | |||
</blockquote> | |||
A couple of production stills of the film do exist also on IMDb. | |||
When filming for the movie began the distributor for the film, ''The Street of Sin'', was offered in its rights to Paramount Pictures, and with the films completion, it was released in May 26th, 1928. | |||
However, the film according to various articles, including the BFI, stated that ''The Street of Sin'' is now a lost film,<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/StreetOfSin1928.html Silentera page on ''Street of Sin''.] Retrieved 27 Jul '21</ref><ref> [http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9585/default.html The Library of Congress's listing of the film.] Retrieved 27 Jul '21</ref> that it is unknown why the film disappeared, and so far there have been no recoveries. | |||
However, the film according to various articles, including the BFI, stated that Street of Sin is now a lost film,<ref> http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/StreetOfSin1928.html</ref> <ref> http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9585/default.html</ref> that it is unknown why the film disappeared, and so far there have been no recoveries. | |||
==External Links== | |||
*[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Street_of_Sin Wikipedia page on ''The Street of Sin''.] | |||
*[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0019431/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl IMDb page on ''The Street of Sin''.] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Lost films|Street of Sin]] | |||
[[Category:Completely lost media|Street of Sin]] | |||
Revision as of 04:44, 28 July 2021
A surviving photo of the film.
Status: Lost
The Street of Sin is a 1928 silent, drama-crime film directed by Mauritz Stiller, written by Benjamin Glazer, and stars Emil Jannings, Olga Blanconova and Fay Wray (who would appear in the famous 1933 film King Kong).
According to IMDb, a unsolicited author Ulf Kjell Gur, stated about the plot of the film as:
"The story is set in the seamy Soho section of London, where burglar Basher Bill shares bed and board with his sluttish girlfriend Annie. As wicked as they come, Bill softens when he meets virtuous Salvation Army lass Elizabeth."
- Ulf Kjell Gür
A couple of production stills of the film do exist also on IMDb.
When filming for the movie began the distributor for the film, The Street of Sin, was offered in its rights to Paramount Pictures, and with the films completion, it was released in May 26th, 1928.
However, the film according to various articles, including the BFI, stated that The Street of Sin is now a lost film,[1][2] that it is unknown why the film disappeared, and so far there have been no recoveries.
External Links
References
- ↑ Silentera page on Street of Sin. Retrieved 27 Jul '21
- ↑ The Library of Congress's listing of the film. Retrieved 27 Jul '21