Four Walls (film)

Four Walls
Directed byWilliam Nigh
Written byAlice D. G. Miller
Joseph Farnham (titles)
Screenplay byGeorge Abbott
Based onFour Walls
by George Abbott and Dana Burnet
StarringJohn Gilbert
Joan Crawford
Vera Gordon
Carmel Myers
CinematographyJames Wong Howe
Edited byHarry Reynolds
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • August 11, 1928 (1928-08-11)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$255,000[1]

Four Walls is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by William Nigh and starring John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, and Carmel Myers. The film is based on the play of the same name by George Abbott and Dana Burnet.[2] Four Walls is now considered lost.[1] The film was remade in 1934 as Straight Is the Way.

  1. ^ a b Golden, Eve (2013). John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky. p. 172. ISBN 0-813-14163-X.
  2. ^ Four Walls at silentera.com