1924-Madonna of the Streets
I am working on perfecting some 25 images representing scenes from the lost 1924 movie "Madonna of the Streets" sometimes titled "A Madonna of the Streets."
The star is Nazimova as the title character with Milton Sills her co-star.
Nazimova is a legendary star and her two produced films, considered flops at the time of release, still survive: Camille and Salome. Another of her silent films to survive is the 1919 Metro classic "The Red Lantern."
Camille and Salome are available commercially. For some reason "The Red Lantern" is not, but an excellent version of it is on You Tube so I downloaded it and hope to cut a DVD of it when I have time.
However, the rest of her silent films apparently do not survive:
War Brides (1916) (some footage survives in a You Tube series from Russia "Legends of World Cinema")
Revelation (1918) (lost?)
Toys of Fate (1918) (Print exists in the Národní Filmovy Archiv film archive)
A Woman of France (short, a war bond films) (1918)
Eye for Eye (1918) (some footage may survive from Dawson) (a trailer survives) (otherwise considered lost)
Out of the Fog (1919) (after this came the existing The Red Lantern, also in 1919)
The Brat (1919)
Stronger Than Death (1920) (preserved by the George Eastman House and restored with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation in 2011. In September of that year, it was screened at Cinecon 47 at Grauman's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, California)
The Heart of a Child (1920)
Madam Peacock (1920) (a screen test exists)
Billions (1920) (after this came Camille in 1921)
A Doll's House (1922) (after this Salome in 1922) (some footage survives in a You Tube series from Russia "Legends of World Cinema")
Madonna of the Streets (1924) (featured her return to the screen after the failure of Salome when she retreated to the stage.)
The Redeeming Sin (1925)
My Son (1925)
Further restoration possible as archives have (according to https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/nazimova.htm):
The Red Lantern (1919)at Gosfilmofond (You Tube)
Camille (1921)at George Eastman House (dvd)
Salome (1923)at George Eastman House (dvd)
Further information from: https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/nazimova.htm
An Eye for an Eye (1918) at Gosfilmofond
Toys of Fate (1918) at Czech Film Archives
Madame Peacock (1920)--Incomplete at the Cinematheque Royale, Belgium,
Stronger Than Death (1920)at George Eastman House, plus Turner Classic Movies (restored 2011)
The Lambert book also implies that the following exist--not confirmed:
an episode of "Screen Snapshots (1919)
the trailer for "The Redeeming Sin (1925)
Also, existing is a trailer for Madonna of the Streets (1924), and a brief clip from My Son (1925) can be seen in a Warner Bros. Passing Parade short from the 1930s.
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After 1925 she quit movies but returned in the 1940s to make some sound films.
The star is Nazimova as the title character with Milton Sills her co-star.
Nazimova is a legendary star and her two produced films, considered flops at the time of release, still survive: Camille and Salome. Another of her silent films to survive is the 1919 Metro classic "The Red Lantern."
Camille and Salome are available commercially. For some reason "The Red Lantern" is not, but an excellent version of it is on You Tube so I downloaded it and hope to cut a DVD of it when I have time.
However, the rest of her silent films apparently do not survive:
War Brides (1916) (some footage survives in a You Tube series from Russia "Legends of World Cinema")
Revelation (1918) (lost?)
Toys of Fate (1918) (Print exists in the Národní Filmovy Archiv film archive)
A Woman of France (short, a war bond films) (1918)
Eye for Eye (1918) (some footage may survive from Dawson) (a trailer survives) (otherwise considered lost)
Out of the Fog (1919) (after this came the existing The Red Lantern, also in 1919)
The Brat (1919)
Stronger Than Death (1920) (preserved by the George Eastman House and restored with a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation in 2011. In September of that year, it was screened at Cinecon 47 at Grauman's Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles, California)
The Heart of a Child (1920)
Madam Peacock (1920) (a screen test exists)
Billions (1920) (after this came Camille in 1921)
A Doll's House (1922) (after this Salome in 1922) (some footage survives in a You Tube series from Russia "Legends of World Cinema")
Madonna of the Streets (1924) (featured her return to the screen after the failure of Salome when she retreated to the stage.)
The Redeeming Sin (1925)
My Son (1925)
Further restoration possible as archives have (according to https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/nazimova.htm):
The Red Lantern (1919)at Gosfilmofond (You Tube)
Camille (1921)at George Eastman House (dvd)
Salome (1923)at George Eastman House (dvd)
Further information from: https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/nazimova.htm
An Eye for an Eye (1918) at Gosfilmofond
Toys of Fate (1918) at Czech Film Archives
Madame Peacock (1920)--Incomplete at the Cinematheque Royale, Belgium,
Stronger Than Death (1920)at George Eastman House, plus Turner Classic Movies (restored 2011)
The Lambert book also implies that the following exist--not confirmed:
an episode of "Screen Snapshots (1919)
the trailer for "The Redeeming Sin (1925)
Also, existing is a trailer for Madonna of the Streets (1924), and a brief clip from My Son (1925) can be seen in a Warner Bros. Passing Parade short from the 1930s.
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After 1925 she quit movies but returned in the 1940s to make some sound films.