Madonna of Avenue A
| Madonna of Avenue A | |
|---|---|
 Motion Picture Herald advertisement | |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Written by | Ray Doyle Francis Powers |
| Story by | "Mark Canfield" (Darryl Zanuck) |
| Starring | Dolores Costello Grant Withers |
| Cinematography | Byron Haskin |
| Edited by | Ray Doyle |
| Music by | Louis Silvers |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Madonna of Avenue A is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It starred Dolores Costello in one of her first sound films. This is reportedly a lost film.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]Cast
[edit]- Dolores Costello as Maria Morton
- Grant Withers as Slim Shayne
- Douglas Gerrard as Arch Duke
- Louise Dresser as Georgia Morton
- Otto Hoffman as Monk
- Lee Moran as Gus
- Rhoda Cross
- Susanne Ransom as child (uncredited)
- William Russell (uncredited)
Censorship
[edit]Like many American films of the time, Madonna of Avenue A was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas the film, with a plot involving prostitution, illegitimacy, and suicide was banned by the Board of Review.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Madonna of Avenue A
- ^ Madonna of Avenue A at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers Pictures 1929 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.
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- Films scored by Louis Silvers
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