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The Soul of Broadway
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Wikipedia article
'The Soul of Broadway' is a 1915 American silent crime drama film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by Herbert Brenon. Popular vaudeville performer Valeska Suratt starred in the film which was also her silent screen debut. 'The Soul of Broadway' is now considered lost.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SoulOfBroadway1915.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Soul of Broadway'] at silentera.com It is one of many silent films that were destroyed in a fire at Fox's film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey in July 1937.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, La Valencia (Suratt), a stage beauty, has ensnared a young man who steals in order to shower her with the luxuries that she demands. He is caught and, after serving a 5-year term, emerges from prison a gray haired man. La Valencia comes across him again, and her passion revives. She seeks to ensnare him again, but now he is married and his old life has no charms for him. Desperate, she then threatens to reveal his past to his wife, which leads to a terrific climax.
Cast
*Valeska Suratt - Grace Leonard, aka La Valencia
*William E. Shay - William Craig
*Mabel Allen - June Meredith
*Sheridan Block - Frederick Meredith
*George W. Middleton - Monty Wallace
*Jane Lee - Grace's Daughter
*Gertrude Berkeley - Stage Actress (*Gertrude Berkeley was the mother of Busby Berkeley)
See also
*List of Fox Film films
*1937 Fox vault fire
References
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