Salvation Nell (1921)

Directed by

Kenneth Webb

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film tells the story of a woman named Nell who faces hardship and temptation in the slums of New York. She tries to rise above her circumstances and find a better life.

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What happens

Salvation Nell is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed by Associated First National Pictures, later First National Pictures. It was directed by Kenneth Webb and stars Pauline Starke. The film is based on a successful 1908 Broadway play by Edward Sheldon that starred Minnie Maddern Fiske. This film survives in the George Eastman House and the Library of Congress collections. An earlier 1915 version with Beatriz Michelena is now lost. A 1931 talkie version made by Tiffany Pictures survives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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