Salvation Nell (1931 film)

Salvation Nell
Salvation Nell
	Lobby card
Directed by	James Cruze
Written by	Edward Sheldon (play)
Produced by	James Cruze; Samuel Zierler
Starring	Ralph Graves; Helen Chandler
Cinematography	C. Edgar Schoenbaum
Edited by	Rose Loewinger
Distributed by	Tiffany Pictures
Release date	July 1, 1931;
Running time	8 reels; (7,652.8 feet)
Country	United States
Language	English

Salvation Nell is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and directed by James Cruze and distributed by Tiffany Films, a company then on the brink of ceasing operations. The film is based on Edward Sheldon's 1908 Broadway play which starred Minnie Maddern Fiske and Holbrook Blinn.

Two silent versions were produced: in 1915 with Beatriz Michelena and in 1921 with Pauline Starke. Ralph Graves and Helen Chandler star in this film. Actor Matthew Betz appeared in both this film and the 1921 silent film. After years of being thought a lost film, a print was shown at a film festival in 2001.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Young Nell (Chandler) loses her job and home and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries to redeem him when he comes out of prison, bent on continuing his life of crime.

Cast

Ralph Graves as Jim Platt
Helen Chandler as Nell Saunders
Sally O'Neil as Myrtle
Jason Robards as Major Williams
DeWitt Jennings as McGovern
Charlotte Walker as Maggie
Matthew Betz as Mooney
Rose Dione as Madame Cloquette
Wally Albright as Jimmy

References

^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Salvation Nell
^ Salvation Nell as produced on Broadway by, Harrison Grey Fiske, at the Hackett Theatre, November 17, 1908 to January 1909, 71 performances; IBDb.com

External links

Salvation Nell at IMDb
Salvation Nell at AllMovie

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[1] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Salvation Nell

[3] Salvation Nell as produced on Broadway by, Harrison Grey Fiske, at the Hackett Theatre, November 17, 1908 to January 1909, 71 performances; IBDb.com

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