Romance of the Underworld
(1928)
Melodrama | 11 November 1928
Cast:
Mary Astor, John Boles, Robert Elliott [ More ]Director:
Irving CummingsCinematographer:
Conrad WellsEditor:
Frank HullProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.The 11 Aug 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World announced that The Woman, the early working title of Romance of the Underworld, began production on 25 Jul 1928.
The film was also known as Romance and Bright Lights. An earlier adaptation of Paul Armstrong's play was produced by the Frank A Keeney Pictures Corp. in 1918. Entitled A Romance of the Underworld, that film was directed by James Kirkwood and starred Doris Elliott and Richard Elliott (see entry). ...
The 11 Aug 1928 Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World announced that The Woman, the early working title of Romance of the Underworld, began production on 25 Jul 1928.
The film was also known as Romance and Bright Lights. An earlier adaptation of Paul Armstrong's play was produced by the Frank A Keeney Pictures Corp. in 1918. Entitled A Romance of the Underworld, that film was directed by James Kirkwood and starred Doris Elliott and Richard Elliott (see entry).
The Woman
Judith Andrews, once a sweet country girl, falls upon hard times in the city and is reduced to soliciting in a dancehall. She meets Stephen Ransome, a young man of good family and excellent character, who knows nothing of her past, and marries him, insisting only that he ask nothing about her former life. Derby Dan Manning, Judith's former pimp, learns of the marriage and blackmails her until Edwin Burke, a phlegmatic, undemonstrative detective, puts him away. Stephen learns of Judith's past but forgives her, his love for her having quickly overcome his initial ...
Judith Andrews, once a sweet country girl, falls upon hard times in the city and is reduced to soliciting in a dancehall. She meets Stephen Ransome, a young man of good family and excellent character, who knows nothing of her past, and marries him, insisting only that he ask nothing about her former life. Derby Dan Manning, Judith's former pimp, learns of the marriage and blackmails her until Edwin Burke, a phlegmatic, undemonstrative detective, puts him away. Stephen learns of Judith's past but forgives her, his love for her having quickly overcome his initial disappointment.
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