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''The Soul of Broadway'' is a 1915 American silent
''The Soul of Broadway'' is a 1915 American silent crime drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film ...
and directed by Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s.
Brenon was among the early film ...
. Popular vaudeville performer Valeska Suratt
Valeska Suratt (June 28, 1882 – July 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent film actress. Over the course of her career, Suratt appeared in 11 silent films, all of which are now lost, mainly due to the 1937 Fox vault fire.
Early life an ...
starred in the film which was also her silent screen debut. ''The Soul of Broadway'' is now considered lost
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. It is one of many silent films that were destroyed in a fire at Fox's film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey
Little Ferry is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,626,Valeska Suratt
Valeska Suratt (June 28, 1882 – July 2, 1962) was an American stage and silent film actress. Over the course of her career, Suratt appeared in 11 silent films, all of which are now lost, mainly due to the 1937 Fox vault fire.
Early life an ...
- Grace Leonard, aka La Valencia
* William E. Shay - William Craig
*Mabel Allen - June Meredith
*Sheridan Block - Frederick Meredith
*George W. Middleton - Monty Wallace
* Jane Lee - Grace's Daughter
*Gertrude Berkeley - Stage Actress (*Gertrude Berkeley was the mother of Busby Berkeley
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See also
*List of Fox Film films
This is a list of feature films produced by the Fox Film Corporation, including those films produced by its corporate predecessor, the Box Office Attractions Company. Some of the later films in this list were produced by Fox Film, but were release ...
*1937 Fox vault fire
The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...
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* * 1915 films American silent feature films 1915 crime drama films 1915 romantic drama films Fox Film films American crime drama films American romantic drama films American black-and-white films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Herbert Brenon Films shot in New Jersey Lost American films 1915 lost films Lost romantic drama films 1910s American films Silent romantic drama films Silent American drama films {{romantic-drama-film-stub