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The Soul of Broadway is a american film of genre Drama directed by Herbert Brenon released in USA on 18 october 1915 with Valeska Suratt

The Soul of Broadway (1915)

The Soul of Broadway
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Released in USA 18 october 1915
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OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime,    Romance
Rating22% 1.1325551.1325551.1325551.1325551.132555

The Soul of Broadway was a 1915 American silent crime drama film produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and directed by Herbert Brenon. Popular vaudeville performer Valeska Suratt starred in the film which was also her silent screen debut. The Soul of Broadway is now considered lost. It is one of many silent films that were destroyed in a fire at Fox's film storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey in July 1937.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine, La Valencia (Suratt), a stage beauty, has ensnared a young man who steels in order to shower her with the luxuries that she demands. He is caught and, after serving a 5-year term, emerges from prison a gray haired man. La Valencia comes across him again, and her passion revives. She seeks to ensnare him again, but now he is married and his old life has no charms for him. Desperate, she then threatens to reveal his past to his wife, which leads to a terrific climax.

Actors

Valeska Suratt

(Grace Leonard, aka La Valencia)Jane Lee

(Grace's Daughter)
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