Lilies of the Streets is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Virginia Lee Corbin, Wheeler Oakman, and Johnnie Walker.[1][2]

Lilies of the Streets
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Directed byJoseph Levering
Written byHarry Chandlee
Elizabeth J. Monroe
Produced byMary E. Hamilton
StarringVirginia Lee Corbin
Wheeler Oakman
Johnnie Walker
CinematographyMurphy Darling
Charles J. Davis
Edward Paul
Production
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Belban Productions
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • May 3, 1925 (1925-05-03)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] Judith Lee is a young woman of indulgent parents and is allowed to have her own way. After she is arrested by mistake and dishonored by a blackmailer, and with her mother is on the verge of compromise, the blackmailer is murdered by one of his victims. Judith Lee, believing her mother is guilty, assumes the blame and is about to be convicted when her fiancé, a lawyer, obtains the confession of the real killer.

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Production

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Mary E. Hamilton, a New York City police officer whose work was in the "rehabilitation of wayward girls", arranged for the creation of Belban Productions for a film in which she could appear as herself and promote police work to suppress the white slave trade.[5] At her insistence, the plot turns on a male police officer mistakenly arresting flapper Judith for being a prostitute.[5]

Preservation

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With no prints of Lilies of the Streets located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ Munden p. 437
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Lilies of the Streets at silentera.com
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Lilies of the Streets", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (7): 72, 9 May 1925, retrieved 7 February 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ a b "Lyrio das ruas". A Scena Muda (in Portuguese) (279). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Copanhia Editora Americana: 26–27. 29 July 1926. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b Tsika pp. 69-70.
  6. ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Lilies of the Streets

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