| ~Dream Street~ 1921 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Gypsy Fair (Carol Dempster), a music hall dancer, is admired by Spike McFadden (Ralph Graves), a
swaggering bully with a golden voice, and his brother, Billy (Charles Emmett Mack), a timid and frail
composer and poet. She is also coveted by Swan Way (Edward Peil Sr.), a Chinaman who seeks
vengeance when Gypsy not only rejects him but reveals his secret gambling den. One of Swan Way's
followers attempts to rob Billy, and when the boy kills him, Spike assumes guilt for the crime and
Swan Way makes it appear that Gypsy has betrayed him to the police. At the inquest, Billy saves
Spike by a last-minute confession and is acquitted on a verdict of self-defense. Billy achieves fame
as a composer, while Spike and Gypsy sign a contract with an important theatrical production.
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swaggering bully with a golden voice, and his brother, Billy (Charles Emmett Mack), a timid and frail
composer and poet. She is also coveted by Swan Way (Edward Peil Sr.), a Chinaman who seeks
vengeance when Gypsy not only rejects him but reveals his secret gambling den. One of Swan Way's
followers attempts to rob Billy, and when the boy kills him, Spike assumes guilt for the crime and
Swan Way makes it appear that Gypsy has betrayed him to the police. At the inquest, Billy saves
Spike by a last-minute confession and is acquitted on a verdict of self-defense. Billy achieves fame
as a composer, while Spike and Gypsy sign a contract with an important theatrical production.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
| Written & Directed by: D.W. Griffith Based on the short stories "Gina of Chinatown" and "The Lamp in the Window," in Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke (London, 1916). |
| ~Cast~ Carol Dempster ... Gypsy Fair Charles Emmett Mack ... Billy McFadden Ralph Graves ... James Spike McFadden Edward Peil Sr. ... Swan Way Tyrone Power Sr. ... Street Preacher Morgan Wallace ... Masked Violinist William J. Ferguson ... Gypsy's Father George Neville ... Tom Chudder Charles Slattery ... Police Inspector Porter Strong ... Samuel Jones |
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| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: D.W. Griffith Productions Distribution Company: United Artists Produced by: D.W. Griffith Cinematography by: Hendrik Sartov Film Editing by: James Smith & Rose Smith Art Direction by: C. Blythe Sherwood Set Decoration by: Charles M. Kirk Runtime: 102 Minutes Released: April 25, 1921 |
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