''The Street of Sin'' is a 1928 American silent

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directed by

Mauritz Stiller Mauritz Stiller (born Moshe Stiller, 17 July 1883 – 8 November 1928) was a Finnish film director of Jewish origin, best known for discovering Greta Garbo and bringing her to America. Stiller was a pioneer of the Swedish film industry, writing ...

. It starred

Emil Jannings Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz; 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for starring in '' ...

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, and

Olga Baclanova Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova (; 19 August 1893 – 6 September 1974), known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood films, as well as stage roles in the US and the United Kingdom, she was mainly ...

. It was distributed by

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.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Street of Sin''
at silentera.com

Cast

as Annie *

as "Basher" Bill *

as Elizabeth *Ernest W. Johnson as Mr. Smith *

George Kotsonaros George Kotsonaros (; October 16, 1892 – July 13, 1933) was a Greek professional wrestler and film actor. He acted mostly in silent pictures. His original name was Giorgios Demetrios Kotsonaros. He emigrated to the United States in July 1910. ...

as Iron Mike *John Gough as Crony of Basher Bill * Johnnie Morris as Crony of Basher Bill *John Burdette as Publican

Production

This was the final film directed by Stiller; he returned to Sweden in November 1927 and died from

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in 1928. The film was completed by Ludwig Berger. Although initially scheduled for release in early 1928, it was delayed to allow the reshooting of some scenes at the finish of the film.

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Street of Sin'' located in any film archives, it is a

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. (Wayback Machine)

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* 1928 films American silent feature films Films directed by Mauritz Stiller Lost American drama films Famous Players-Lasky films Films directed by Ludwig Berger 1928 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1928 lost films Films set in London 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub

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