Street Angel (1928 film)

Street Angel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Borzage
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Philip Klein Henry Roberts Symonds Monckton Hoffe (play)
Starring	Janet Gaynor Charles Farrell Alberto Rabagliati
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	April 9, 1928 (1928-04-09)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles
Box office	$1.7 million^[1]

Street Angel is a 1928 silent film with a Movietone soundtrack, directed by Frank Borzage, adapted by Harry H. Caldwell (titles), Katherine Hilliker (titles), Philip Klein, Marion Orth and Henry Roberts Symonds from the play Lady Cristilinda by Monckton Hoffe. As one of the early, transitional sound film releases, it did not include recorded dialogue, but used intertitles along with recorded sound effects and musical selections.^[2]

Street Angel was one of three movies for which Janet Gaynor received an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1929; the others were F. W. Murnau's Sunrise and Borzage's 7th Heaven. Street Angel was also nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.^[3]

The acting award was given in 1929 and the other two in 1930, which accords the movie the distinction of being the only film to ever receive an Oscar nomination in two different years that was not a foreign language film.

Cast

Janet Gaynor as Angela
Charles Farrell as Gino
Alberto Rabagliati as Policeman
Guido Trento as Neri the Police Sergeant
Henry Armetta as Mascetto
Louis Liggett as Beppo
Milton Dickinson as Bimbo
Helena Herman as Andrea
Natalie Kingston as Lisetta

Plot

A spirited young woman (Gaynor) finds herself involved in illegal ways of gaining money to help pay for her ill mother's medicine. She is caught in the act, runs away from punishment, and finds her mother dead. Destitute and on the streets, she joins a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter (Farrell). Though they fall in love, her past won't leave her alone.

Home Video release

The film was thought lost for years. But it is now part of a massive 12 film collection by Fox that was released in 2008.^[4]

References

↑ "WHICH CINEMA FILMS HAVE EARNED THE MOST MONEY SINCE 1914?". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 4 March 1944. p. 3 Supplement: The Argus Weekend magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
↑ Steffen, James. "Street Angel (1928)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
↑ "NY Times: Street Angel". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
↑ "Street Angel (1928)". Retrieved September 20, 2014.

External links

Street Angel at the Internet Movie Database
Street Angel at Virtual History

Films directed by Frank Borzage

Society for Sale (1918)
Humoresque (1920)
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
Secrets (1924)
The Lady (1925)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925)
The Circle (1925)
7th Heaven (1927)
Street Angel (1928)
Lucky Star (1929)
They Had to See Paris (1929)
The River (1929)
Liliom (1930)
Song o' My Heart (1930)
Doctors' Wives (1931)
Bad Girl (1931)
After Tomorrow (1931)
Young as You Feel (1931)
Young America (1932)
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
Secrets (1933)
Man's Castle (1933)
No Greater Glory (1934)
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
Flirtation Walk (1934)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Stranded (1935)
Shipmates Forever (1935)
Desire (1936)
Hearts Divided (1936)
Green Light (1937)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
Big City (1937)
Mannequin (1937)
Three Comrades (1938)
The Shining Hour (1938)
Disputed Passage (1939)
Strange Cargo (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Flight Command (1940)
Smilin' Through (1941)
The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
His Butler's Sister (1943)
Till We Meet Again (1944)
The Spanish Main (1945)
I've Always Loved You (1946)
That's My Man (1947)
Moonrise (1948)
China Doll (1958)
The Big Fisherman (1959)

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