A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Joan Crawford and John Gilbert. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: John Gilbert [Benny Horowitz], Joan Crawford [Freida], Vera Gordon [Mrs. Horowitz, Benny’s mother], Carmel Myers [Bertha], Robert E. O’Connor (Robert Emmet O’Connor) [Sullivan], Louis Natheaux [Monk], Jack Byron [Duke Roma], [?] Helen Brent?

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Alice D.G. Miller, from the play Four Walls by Dana Burnet and George Abbott. Set design by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by David Cox. Assistant director, Dave Friedman. Cinematography by James Howe (James Wong Howe). Film editor, Harry Reynolds. Editorial assistant, Ralph E. Winters. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / © 4 August 1928 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP25604]. Released 11 August 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Criminals: Gangs, Gangsters - Death: Murder - Falls - Prison - Prisoners - Reformation

Listing updated: 29 April 2025.

References: Parish-Gangster p. 143; Quirk-Crawford pp. 15, 62, 63; Weaver-Twenty p. 143 : ClasIm-221 p. 14 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.