Film Forum

U.S., 1915
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Starring Rockliffe Fellowes, James A. Marcus, Anna Q. Nilsson
Approx. 72 min.

Shot on the Bowery with actual bums, winos, hookers, and thugs as extras, and capped with a spectacular cruise ship fire, this is “the most authentic-looking gangster film surviving from the entire silent period.” – Kevin Brownlow

Restoration courtesy Museum of Modern Art.

Shown with The Musketeers of Pig Alley
U.S., 1912
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Written by Anita Loos
Starring Lillian Gish
Approx. 17 min.

Restoration courtesy Museum of Modern Art.  

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