Salome of the Tenements (1925)
- Directed by
- Sidney Olcott
- Genre
- silent film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Rating
- 10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A poor Jewish immigrant woman in New York's Lower East Side seeks a better life through romance. She becomes involved with a wealthy man, leading to a clash between her humble origins and his world.
romanticdramaticold-fashionedmelodramaticurbanpoignantclassic
What happens
Salome of the Tenements is a 1925 American silent drama film adapted to the screen by Sonya Levien from the Anzia Yezierska novel of the same name. Made by Jesse L. Lasky and Adolph Zukor's Famous Players–Lasky Corporation, a division of Paramount Pictures, it was directed by Sidney Olcott and starred Jetta Goudal and Godfrey Tearle. The film, which was inspired by accounts of the real life of Rose Pastor Stokes, tells the story of poor immigrants living in New York's Jewish Lower East Side. It was shot at the Paramount Astoria studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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