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Janet Gaynor.
Photograph by Max Munn Autrey;
Silent Era image collection.
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Street Angel
Also known as L’Ange de la rue in France : {The Street Angel}
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Ten reels / 9221 feet
Directed by Frank Borzage
Cast: Janet Gaynor [Angela], Charles Farrell [Gino], Henry Armetta [Mascetto], Natalie Kingston [Lisetta], Alberto Rabagliati [a policeman], Gino Conti [a policeman], Guido Trento [Neri, the police sergeant], Louis Liggett [Beppo], Milton Dickinson [Bimbo], Helena Herman [Andrea], David Kashner [the strong man], Jennie Bruno [the landlady]
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Executive producer, William Fox. Screenplay by Marion Orth, from the adaptation by Philip Klein and Henry Roberts Symonds of the play Cristilinda by J. Monckton Hoffe. Assistant director, Lew Borzage. Cinematography by Ernest Palmer. Film editor, Barney Wolf. Intertitles written by Katherine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. Presented by William Fox. / © 3 April 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP25115]. Premiered 9 April 1928 in New York, New York. General release, 19 August 1928. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Academy Award® winner for Actress (Gaynor) for her work in Street Angel, with 7th Heaven (1927) and Sunrise (1927). [?] AFI-F2 n. F2.5435 notes that some sources list the character names of Maria for Gaynor, Angelo for Farrell, Rio for Trento, and Nina for Kingston. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available by AFI-F2 n. F2.5435.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Artists - Circuses - Italy: Naples - Prisons - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 20 November 2016.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5435; Everson-American pp. 208, 246p, 310s, 323, 327; Gallagher-Ford p. 58; Leish-Cinema p. 53; Limbacher-Feature p. 236; Maltin-Classic p. 668; McCaffrey-Guide p. 12; Shipman-Cinema pp. 97, 98; Vermilye-Twenties p. 179 : ClasIm-305 p. 48 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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