Main Street is a 1923 American silent drama film based on the 1920 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis.
It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Harry Beaumont. A Broadway play version of the novel was produced in 1921. It was the first film to be released after the foundation of Warner Bros. Pictures on April 4, 1923.
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Directed by | Harry Beaumont |
Written by | Julien Josephson |
Based on | Main Street by Sinclair Lewis |
Starring | Florence Vidor Monte Blue Alan Hale, Sr. Louise Fazenda |
Cinematography | Edwin B. Du Par Homer Scott |
Edited by | Harry Beaumont |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 96 minutes (9 reels) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Budget | $270,000 |
Box office | $556,000 |
As described in a film magazine review, a young city woman with advanced ideas marries a small town doctor, and go to live in a backwoods burg. Her irritation at the small talk and petty incidents which make up the lives of the townspeople finally culminate in her leaving home and going to work as a government clerk in Washington, D.C. After a time her husband follows her there and there is a reunion.
According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $510,000 domestically and $46,000 foreign.
Main Street is a lost film. Warner Bros. records of the film's negative have a notation, "Junked 12/27/48" (i.e., December 27, 1948). Warner Bros. destroyed many of its negatives in the late 1940s and 1950s due to the nitrate decomposition of its pre-1933 films.
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