The Soul of Broadway

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The Soul of Broadway
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Written by Herbert Brenon (scenario)
Story by Herbert Brenon
Starring Valeska Suratt
Cinematography Phil Rosen
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s) October 18, 1915
(United States)
February 9, 1919
(Re-release)
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

The Soul of Broadway was 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]

Cast [edit]

  • 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

References [edit]

  1. ^ The Soul of Broadway at silentera.com
  2. ^ Slide, Anthony (2000). Nitrate Won't Wait: History of Film Preservation in the United States. McFarland. p. 13. ISBN 0-786-40836-7. 

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