Bela Lugosi appeared with actress Lila Lee during 1924 before having been catapulted into fame in Tod Browning's sound film "Dracula". Director WIlfred Noy had begun directing short comedies in 1911, later directing actress Gladys Jennings in the full legnth mystery "The Face at the Window" during 1920.
The periodical Exhibitor's Trade Review described actress Lila Lee as "wistful" in the titular role. Moving Picture World explained that the Chadwick Pictures Corporation had originally titled the film "The Street Singer" from a scenario written by Garret Fort.
Scott Lord on the Silent Film of Greta Garbo, Mauritz Stiller, Victor Sjostrom as Victor Seastrom, John Brunius, Gustaf Molander - the Golden Age of Swedish Silent Film........Lost Films in Found Magazines, among them Victor Seastrom directing John Gilbert and Lon Chaney, the printed word offering clues to deteriorated celluloid, extratextual discourse illustrating how novels were adapted to the screen; the photoplay as a literature;how it was reviewed, audience reception perhaps actor to actor.
Scott Lord on Silent Film
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