Madonna of Avenue A

Madonna of Avenue A is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It starred Dolores Costello in one of her first sound films. This is reportedly a lost film.^[1][2][3]

Madonna of Avenue A
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Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Written by	Ray Doyle Francis Powers
Story by	"Mark Canfield" (Darryl Zanuck)
Starring	Dolores Costello Grant Withers
Cinematography	Byron Haskin
Edited by	Ray Doyle
Music by	Louis Silvers
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	June 22, 1929 (1929-06-22) (US)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Dolores Costello as Maria Morton
• Grant Withers as Slim Shayne
• Douglas Gerrard as Arch Duke
• Louise Dresser as Georgia Morton
• Otto Hoffman as Monk
• Lee Moran as Gus
• Rhoda Cross
• Susanne Ransom as child (uncredited)
• William Russell (uncredited)

Censorship

Like many American films of the time, Madonna of Avenue A was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas the film, with a plot involving prostitution, illegitimacy, and suicide was banned by the Board of Review.^[4]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c. 1971
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Madonna of Avenue A
3. Madonna of Avenue A at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers Pictures 1929 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
4. Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.

External links

• Madonna of Avenue A at IMDb
• Window card Madonna of Avenue A