''The Street of Sin'' (1928) is an American

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

directed by

Mauritz Stiller Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 18 November 1928) was a Swedish film director of Finnish Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller had been a pioneer of the Swedish film ...

. It starred

Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in '' The La ...

Fay Wray Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian/American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film ''King Kong''. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international r ...

and

Olga Baclanova Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova (russian: О́льга Влади́мировна Бакла́нова; 19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974), known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood film and ...

. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Preservation status

The film is now considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char ...

.The Street of Sin at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted
Wayback Machine)

Cast

as Annie *

as "Basher" Bill *

as Elizabeth *Ernest W. Johnson as Mr. Smith *

George Kotsonaros George Kotsonaros ( el, Γεώργιος Κωτσονάρος; October 16, 1892 in Nafplio, Greece – July 13, 1933 in Eutaw, Alabama) was a Greek-born professional wrestler and film actor. He acted mostly in silent pictures. His original name ...

as Iron Mike *John Gough as Crony of Basher Bill * Johnnie Morris as Crony of Basher Bill * John Burdette as Publican

References

External links

''Street of Sin'' at IMDB''Street of Sin'' at AllMovie.com''Street of Sin'', lantern slide plate
1928 films American silent feature films Films directed by Mauritz Stiller Lost American films Famous Players-Lasky films Films directed by Ludwig Berger 1928 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1928 lost films Lost drama films Films set in London 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub

Preservation status

Cast

See also

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