Janet Gaynor (Angela), Charles Farrell (Gino), Alberto Rabagliati, Gino Conti (policemen), Guido Trento (Neri, the police sergeant), Henry Armetta (Mascetto), Louis Liggett (Beppo), Milton Dickinson (Bimbo), Helena Herman (Andrea), Natalie Kingston (Lisetta), David Kashner (the strong man), Jennie Bruno (landlady).
Director: FRANK BORZAGE. Based on the 1926 novel Cristilinda by Monckton Hoffe. Adaptation: Philip Klein, Henry Roberts Symonds. Screenplay: Marion Orth. Titlers: Katherine Hilliker, H. H. Caldwell. Assistant director: Lew Borzage. Camera: Ernest Palmer. Film editor: Barney Wolf. Art director: Harry Oliver. Executive producer: William Fox.
Copyright 3 April 1928 by Fox Film Corp. New York opening at the Globe, 9 April 1928. U.S. release: 19 August 1928. Sydney opening at the Prince Edward, 10 January 1929 (ran 9 weeks). 10 reels. 9,221 feet. 102½ minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Wanted by the police, a girl hides out in a circus.
NOTES: Best Actress, Janet Gaynor (see Seventh Heaven). Also nominated for Cinematography (White Shadows in the South Seas) and Art Direction (The Bridge of San Luis Rey). Number 5 on The Film Daily annual poll of U.S. film critics.
COMMENT: Basically a silent film with a synchronized music score and a clever use of sound effects, Street Angel has lost little of its charm. In fact it's difficult to nominate which particular feature-the appealing acting of the two principals, the deft direction of Frank Borzage, the atmospherically adroit camerawork of Ernest Palmer, or the brooding sets created by Harry Oliver-deserves the most praise.
Director: FRANK BORZAGE. Based on the 1926 novel Cristilinda by Monckton Hoffe. Adaptation: Philip Klein, Henry Roberts Symonds. Screenplay: Marion Orth. Titlers: Katherine Hilliker, H. H. Caldwell. Assistant director: Lew Borzage. Camera: Ernest Palmer. Film editor: Barney Wolf. Art director: Harry Oliver. Executive producer: William Fox.
Copyright 3 April 1928 by Fox Film Corp. New York opening at the Globe, 9 April 1928. U.S. release: 19 August 1928. Sydney opening at the Prince Edward, 10 January 1929 (ran 9 weeks). 10 reels. 9,221 feet. 102½ minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Wanted by the police, a girl hides out in a circus.
NOTES: Best Actress, Janet Gaynor (see Seventh Heaven). Also nominated for Cinematography (White Shadows in the South Seas) and Art Direction (The Bridge of San Luis Rey). Number 5 on The Film Daily annual poll of U.S. film critics.
COMMENT: Basically a silent film with a synchronized music score and a clever use of sound effects, Street Angel has lost little of its charm. In fact it's difficult to nominate which particular feature-the appealing acting of the two principals, the deft direction of Frank Borzage, the atmospherically adroit camerawork of Ernest Palmer, or the brooding sets created by Harry Oliver-deserves the most praise.