Salvation Nell (1931)

Directed by

James Cruze

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces poverty and moral struggles in New York City as she tries to keep her family together. The film follows her fight to protect her son from a life of crime and violence.

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What happens

Salvation Nell is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced and directed by James Cruze and distributed by Tiffany Films, a company then on the brink of ceasing operations. The film is based on Edward Sheldon's 1908 Broadway play which starred Minnie Maddern Fiske and Holbrook Blinn. Two silent versions were produced: in 1915 with Beatriz Michelena and in 1921 with Pauline Starke. Ralph Graves and Helen Chandler star in this film. Actor Matthew Betz appeared in both this film and the 1921 silent film. After years of being thought a lost film, a print was shown at a film festival in 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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