Sinner's Parade
{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Sinner's Parade
| image = Sinner's Parade lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = John G. Adolfi
| producer = Harry Cohn
| writer = Beatrice Van
| story = David Lewis
| starring = Victor Varconi
Dorothy Revier
John Patrick
| music =
| editing = Ben Pivar
| cinematography = James Van Trees
| studio = Columbia Pictures
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1928|09|14}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Sinner's Parade is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by John G. Adolfi, written by Beatrice Van, and starring Victor Varconi, Dorothy Revier, and John Patrick.Langman & Finn p. 249.[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SinnersParade1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: Sinner's Parade] at silentera.com
The film's sets were designed by the art director Harrison Wiley.
Cast
- Victor Varconi as Al Morton
- Dorothy Revier as Mary Tracy
- John Patrick as Bill Adams
- Edna Marion as Connie Adams
- Marjorie Bonner as Sadie
- Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Adams
- Jack Mower as Chauffeur
Censorship
When Sinner's Parade was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. Among the cuts ordered by the Kansas censor board was an intertitle stating, "We're being raided–get rid of your liquor."{{cite journal |last= |first= |author-link= |title=Eliminations Ordered in 1928 by Kansas Censor Board with Woman Members |journal=Variety |volume=94 |issue=6 |page=5 |publisher=Variety, Inc. |location=New York City |date=1929-02-20 |url=https://archive.org/details/variety94-1929-02/page/n138/mode/1up |access-date=4 May 2025}}
Preservation
With no prints of Sinner's Parade located in any film archives,{{Cite web |title=Sinner's Parade [motion picture] |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9228/ |accessdate=2023-10-31 |work=American Silent Feature Film Survival Database}} it is a lost film.
References
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Bibliography
- Larry Langman & Daniel Finn. A Guide to American Silent Crime Films. Greenwood Press, 1994.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0019389}}
{{John G. Adolfi}}
Category:Films directed by John G. Adolfi
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language crime films
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