Cabaret is a 1927 American silent crime drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Robert G. Vignola, and starring Gilda Gray.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Robert G. Vignola |
| Written by | Owen Davis (story) Becky Gardiner (scenario) John W. Conway (intertitles) |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Gilda Gray Tom Moore Chester Conklin |
| Cinematography | Harry Fischbeck |
Production company | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 reels (6,947 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film was considered a rival to Paramount's own Underworld released later in 1927. It was the winner of the Photoplay award in 1927.[3]
Plot summary
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Cast
edit- Gilda Gray as Gloria Trask
- Tom Moore as Detective Tom Westcott
- Chester Conklin as Jerry Trask
- Mona Palma as Blanche Howard (Mona was also known as Mimi Palmeri)
- Jack Egan as Andy Trask
- William Harrigan as Jack Costigan
- Charles Byer as Sam Roberts
- Anna Lavsa as Mrs. Trask
Preservation
editWith no prints of Cabaret located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]
References
edit- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Cabaret at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ Cabaret - IMDb, retrieved November 4, 2021
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Cabaret. Retrieved November 18, 2016
- ^ Arne Andersen's: Lost Film Files, (Paramount Pictures) - 1927 Archived August 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cabaret (1927 film).
- Cabaret at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Cabaret at the TCM Movie Database
- Cabaret at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Two lobby posters Cabaret; #1, #2
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