Four Walls (film)
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| Directed by | William Nigh |
| Written by | Alice D. G. Miller Joseph Farnham (titles) |
| Screenplay by | George Abbott |
| Based on | Four Walls by George Abbott and Dana Burnet |
| Starring | John Gilbert Joan Crawford Vera Gordon Carmel Myers |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
| Edited by | Harry Reynolds |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
| Budget | $255,000[1] |
Four Walls is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, and Carmel Myers. The film is based on the play of the same name by George Abbott and Dana Burnet.[2] Four Walls is now considered lost.[1] The film was remade in 1934 as Straight Is the Way.
Plot
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Benny Horowitz (John Gilbert), a reformed gangster, proposes marriage to Bertha (Carmel Myers), a neighbor who had been a frequent visitor while he served his sentence. Bertha rejects his proposal because she believes that he is still in love with Freida (Joan Crawford), Benny's former gun moll. During a party in which Freida seeks to make Benny jealous with a former rival, Benny again takes control of the gang's leadership. After his rival's death is ruled accidental, Benny and Bertha go off together and start a new life.
Cast
[edit]- John Gilbert - Benny
- Joan Crawford - Frieda
- Vera Gordon - Benny's Mother
- Carmel Myers - Bertha
- Robert Emmett O'Connor - Sullivan
- Louis Natheaux - Monk
- Jack Byron - Duke Roma
Preservation
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Golden, Eve (2013). John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky. p. 172. ISBN 0-813-14163-X.
- ^ Four Walls at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Four Walls
External links
[edit]- Four Walls at IMDb
- Four Walls at the TCM Movie Database
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- 1928 films
- 1928 drama films
- Silent American drama films
- American silent feature films
- American black-and-white films
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- Films directed by William Nigh
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- 1928 lost films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
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