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.[2] It was the first film to be released after the foundation of Warner Bros. Pictures on April 4, 1923.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] 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.

Cast

Box Office

According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $510,000 domestically and $46,000 foreign.[1]

Preservation status

Main Street is a lost film.[4][5][6] 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.

References

  1. ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 2 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ Main Street as produced on Broadway at the National Theatre October 5, 1921 to December 1921; IBDb.com
  3. ^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: Main Street". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 42. March 8, 1924. Retrieved September 26, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Main Street at silentera.com
  5. ^ Main Street at American Silent Feature Film Survival Database
  6. ^ 1957 Movies from AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons Sales Book Directed at TV

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