Headline
Sinclair Lewis' Novel: 'Main Street' Delightful Film
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Publication Date
1924-07-03
- Publication Year
1924
Page
6
Film Projector / Film(s)
Main Street
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Actors
Florence Vidor
Director
Harry Beaumont
Writer
Julien Josephson (adaptation)
Country
USA
Released
1923-04-25
Runtime
90 min
Genre
Drama
Plot
The arrival of pretty Carol Milford in the staid Midwestern town of Gopher Prairie really shakes up the locals.
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Summary
Main Street' opened yesterday at the World Theatre for a week's run with Florence Vidor and Monte Blue in the featured roles. 'Main Street,' in the novel form by Sinclair Lewis, was the most widely discussed book ever published in America, not excepting even 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' Think of these players all being in one picture: Florence Vidor, Monte Blue, Harry Myers, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda, Robert Gordon, Josephine Crowell, Gordon Griffith, Otis Harlan and Alan Hale. Film plot included. Praise is due to the able direction by Harry Beaumont, and to Julien Josephson, who wrote the scenario.
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