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Dream Street (1921)

1921 · Silent film · 132 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

Pulsating with Good Love and Bad Passion Against a Hazy Shadow of Oriental Hop Fancies.

  • Romance
  • Drama

Synopsis

Gypsy Fair, a music hall dancer, is admired by Spike McFadden, a swaggering bully with a golden voice, and his brother, Billy, a timid and frail composer and poet. She is also coveted by Swan Way, a Chinaman who seeks vengeance when Gypsy not only rejects him but reveals his secret gambling den. One of Swan Way's followers attempts to rob Billy, and when the boy kills him, Spike assumes guilt for the crime and Swan Way makes it appear that Gypsy has betrayed him to the police. At the inquest,…

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Details

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Composer
Louis Silvers
Cinematography
Hendrik Sartov
Studio
D.W. Griffith Productions
Released
1921-04-12
Running time
132 minutes

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