The Soul of Broadway
1915 film by Herbert Brenon
- October 18, 1915 (1915-10-18) (U.S.)
- February 9, 1919 (1919-02-09) (Re-release)
The Soul of Broadway is a 1915 American silent crime drama film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by Herbert Brenon. Popular vaudeville performer Valeska Suratt starred in the film which was also her silent screen debut. The Soul of Broadway is now considered lost.[1] It is one of many silent films that were destroyed in a fire at Fox's film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey in July 1937.[2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[3] La Valencia (Suratt), a stage beauty, has ensnared a young man who steals in order to shower her with the luxuries that she demands. He is caught and, after serving a 5-year term, emerges from prison a gray haired man. La Valencia comes across him again, and her passion revives. She seeks to ensnare him again, but now he is married and his old life has no charms for him. Desperate, she then threatens to reveal his past to his wife, which leads to a terrific climax.
Cast
- Valeska Suratt - 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)
See also
- List of Fox Film films
- 1937 Fox vault fire
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Soul of Broadway at silentera.com
- ^ Slide, Anthony (2000). Nitrate Won't Wait: History of Film Preservation in the United States. McFarland. p. 13. ISBN 0-786-40836-7.
- ^ "Advertising Aids for Busy Managers: The Soul of Broadway". Moving Picture World. 39 (5). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 677. Feb 1, 1919. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
External links
- The Soul of Broadway at IMDb
- The Soul of Broadway at AllMovie
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Films directed by Herbert Brenon
- Ivanhoe (1913)
- Neptune's Daughter (1914)
- The Kreutzer Sonata (1915)
- The Heart of Maryland (1915)
- The Clemenceau Case (1915)
- The Two Orphans (1915)
- Sin (1915)
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- War Brides (1916)
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
- The Eternal Sin (1917)
- The Lone Wolf (1917)
- The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917)
- Empty Pockets (1918)
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
- Victory and Peace (1918)
- Quinneys (1919)
- 12.10 (1919)
- Beatrice (1919)
- The Mysterious Princess (1920)
- Little Sister (1921)
- The Passion Flower (1921)
- The Stronger Passion (1921)
- The Sign on the Door (1921)
- The Wonderful Thing (1921)
- Any Wife (1922)
- A Stage Romance (1922)
- Shackles of Gold (1922)
- Moonshine Valley (1922)
- The Custard Cup (1923)
- The Rustle of Silk (1923)
- The Woman With Four Faces (1923)
- The Spanish Dancer (1923)
- Shadows of Paris (1924)
- The Breaking Point (1924)
- The Side Show of Life (1924)
- The Alaskan (1924)
- Peter Pan (1924)
- The Little French Girl (1925)
- The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
- A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)
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- Dancing Mothers (1926)
- Beau Geste (1926)
- The Great Gatsby (1926)
- God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926)
- The Telephone Girl (1927)
- Sorrell and Son (1927)
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)
- The Rescue (1929)
- Lummox (1930)
- The Case of Sergeant Grisch (1930)
- Beau Ideal (1931)
- Transgression (1931)
- Girl of the Rio (1932)
- Wine, Women and Song (1933)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
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- Living Dangerously (1936)
- Someone at the Door (1936)
- The Dominant Sex (1937)
- Spring Handicap (1937)
- The Live Wire (1937)
- Housemaster (1938)
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- Black Eyes (1939)
- The Flying Squad (1940)
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