Romance of the Underworld
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Directed by | Irving Cummings |
Produced by | William Fox |
Written by | Douglas Z. Doty (story) Sidney Lanfield (story) Douglas Z. Doty (screenplay) Garrett Graham (intertitles) |
Based on | A Romance of the Underworld by Paul Armstrong |
Starring | Mary Astor |
Cinematography | Conrad Wells |
Edited by | Frank Hull |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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68 minutes; 7 reels (6,162 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Romance of the Underworld is a 1928 American silent film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Directed by Irving Cummings and starring Mary Astor. It is taken from a stage play called A Romance of the Underworld by Paul Armstrong. A previous version of the story was filmed as A Romance of the Underworld in 1918 by director James Kirkwood with Catherine Calvert in Astor's part. The 1928 film is extant at the Museum of Modern Art.[1][2]
File:Romance of the Underworld 1918.jpg
Poster for the 1918 film
Cast
- Mary Astor as Judith Andrews
- Ben Bard as Derby Dan Manning
- Robert Elliott as Edwin Burke
- John Boles as Stephen Ransome
- Oscar Apfel as Champagne Joe
- Helen Lynch as Blonodie Nell
- William H. Tooker as Asa Jenks
Uncredited roles:
- William Benge as Bartender
- Maurice Black as Maitre D'
- Sherry Hall as Pianist
- John Kelly as window cleaner
- Broderick O'Farrell as Attorney
- Dick Rush as Police assistant
- Phillips Smalley as John T. Woodring
- Lottie Williams as Nanny
- Florence Wix as Cafe supervisor
References
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Romance of the Underworld at silentera.com
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Romance of the Underworld at IMDb
- Romance of the Underworld; allmovie.com/ synopsis
- Lobby poster
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