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A Romance of the Underworld
(1918) United States of America
B&W : [?] Five, Six or Seven? reels
Directed by James Kirkwood
Cast: Catherine Calvert [Doris Elliott], David Powell [Richard Elliott], Eugene O’Brien [Thomas McDonald], Edwin Forsberg [Michael O’Leary], Sybil Carmen [Mamie Bronson], Cecil Chichester [‘Dopey’ Benny Bronson], Harry Lee [‘Slippery’ Jake], Marcia Harris [Sarah], Kid Broad [a fighter], Kid Lewis [a fighter]
Frank A. Keeney Pictures Corporation production; distributed by William L. Sherry Service. / Scenario by Mildred Considine, from the play A Romance of the Underworld by Paul Armstrong. Production supervised by James Kirkwood. Cinematography by Lawrence Williams. Presented by Frank A. Keeney. / No copyright registration. Premiered 2 April 1918 in Brooklyn, New York. Released 30 June 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The first production from Frank A. Keeney Pictures Corporation. The production was shot at the Biograph studio, with location photography taken in the Lower East Side in New York, New York. The film was scheduled for State Rights distribution release in April 1918, but the film was not released until distributed by William L. Sherry Service in June 1918. The play was subsequently filmed as Romance of the Underworld (1928).
Drama: Social.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 March 2012.
References: Website-AFI.
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