Dream Street (film)
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| Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
| Written by |
Thomas Burke (short story) Roy Sinclair |
| Based on | "Gina of Chinatown" and "Song of the Lamp" by Thomas Burke |
| Starring |
Carol Dempster Charles Emmett Mack Ralph Graves Tyrone Power, Sr. |
| Narrated by | D. W. Griffith |
| Music by |
Louis Silvers Irving Berlin |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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135 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent (with sound sequences) English intertitles |
Dream Street is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Carol Dempster, Charles Emmett Mack, and Ralph Graves in a story about a love triangle set in London, and based on two short stories by Thomas Burke, "Gina of Chinatown" and "Song of the Lamp". The cast also features Tyrone Power, Sr..
The film, released by United Artists, was poorly received in its day and critics still consider it one of Griffith's worst films.
The original 1921 version of Dream Street is notable for a brief sequence when Griffith steps out in front of a curtain at the beginning of the movie and talks to the audience about the film, using Photokinema, an early sound-on-disc process developed by Orlando Kellum. Some films made in the Photokinema process, including Griffith's Dream Street introduction at the beginning, are preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
The silent version premiered on April 12, 1921 at the Central Theatre in New York City. On April 27, Griffith and Ralph Graves recorded their respective sound segments at Orlando Kellum's Photokinema office at 203 West 40th Street.
The premiere engagement of the sound version of Dream Street took place on May 2, 1921 at Town Hall in New York City with Griffith's introduction. On May 15, the film reopened, now also with two other short sound sequences — Ralph Graves singing, and background noise in a scene showing a craps game. No other theaters could show the sound version of the film, since no other theaters had the Photokinema sound system installed.
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