Romance of the Underworld

Romance of the Underworld
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
Release dates	November 11, 1928 (1928-11-11)
Running time	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]

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

Films directed by Irving Cummings

Flesh and Blood (1922)
The Johnstown Flood (1926)
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
Romance of the Underworld (1928)
In Old Arizona (1929)
Behind That Curtain (1929)
Not Quite Decent (1929)
A Holy Terror (1931)
The Cisco Kid (1931)
Attorney for the Defense (1932)
Man Hunt (1933)
I Believed in You (1934)
Grand Canary (1934)
The White Parade (1934)
Curly Top (1935)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
White Hunter (1936)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Lillian Russell (1940)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
That Night in Rio (1941)
Belle Starr (1941)
Louisiana Purchase (1941)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
The Impatient Years (1944)
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Double Dynamite (1951)

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