Romance of the Underworld (1928)
- Directed by
- Irving Cummings
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 08m
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman gets involved with a criminal underworld. She must navigate dangerous circumstances and romantic entanglements.
somberromanticdatedmelodramatictenseatmosphericstagedearly-talkie
What happens
Romance of the Underworld is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. Directed by Irving Cummings and starring Mary Astor, it was based upon the 1911 stage play A Romance of the Underworld by Paul Armstrong. A previous version of the story was filmed as A Romance of the Underworld in 1918 by director James Kirkwood with Catherine Calvert in Astor's part. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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