Madonna of Avenue A
| Madonna of Avenue A | |
|---|---|
 Motion Picture Herald advertisement | |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Written by | Ray Doyle Francis Powers |
| Story by | "Mark Canfield" (Darryl Zanuck) |
| Starring | Dolores Costello Grant Withers |
| Cinematography | Byron Haskin |
| Edited by | Ray Doyle |
| Music by | Louis Silvers |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Madonna of Avenue A is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It starred Dolores Costello in one of her first sound films. This is reportedly a lost film.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]Cast
[edit]- Dolores Costello as Maria Morton
- Grant Withers as Slim Shayne
- Douglas Gerrard as Arch Duke
- Louise Dresser as Georgia Morton
- Otto Hoffman as Monk
- Lee Moran as Gus
- Rhoda Cross
- Susanne Ransom as child (uncredited)
- William Russell (uncredited)
Music
[edit]The film featured a theme song entitled "My Madonna" with music by Louis Silvers and Fred Fisher and lyrics by Billy Rose. Dolores Costello sings the song in the film. The song is also played frequently as background music by the Vitaphone orchestra throughout the film.
Censorship
[edit]Like many American films of the time, Madonna of Avenue A was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas the film, with a plot involving prostitution, illegitimacy, and suicide was banned by the Board of Review.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Madonna of Avenue A
- ^ Madonna of Avenue A at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers Pictures 1929 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.
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