Dream Street | |
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Roy Sinclair |
Based on | "Gina of Chinatown" and "Song of the Lamp" by Thomas Burke |
Starring | Carol Dempster Charles Emmett Mack Ralph Graves Tyrone Power Sr. |
Narrated by | D. W. Griffith |
Cinematography | Henrik Sartov |
Edited by | James Smith |
Music by | Louis Silvers Irving Berlin |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 135 minutes (original film length 10,100 feet)[1] |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent (with sound sequences) English intertitles |
Budget | $337,000[2] |
Box office | $950,000[2] |
Dream Street is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Carol Dempster, Charles Emmett Mack, and Ralph Graves in a story about a love triangle set in London, and based on two short stories by Thomas Burke, "Gina of Chinatown" and "Song of the Lamp". The cast also features Tyrone Power Sr.
The film, released by United Artists, was poorly received in its day, and critics still consider it one of Griffith's worst films.