Lilies of the Streets
1925 film by Joseph Levering
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Lilies of the Streets is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Virginia Lee Corbin, Wheeler Oakman, and Johnnie Walker.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Joseph Levering |
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| Produced by | Mary E. Hamilton |
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Production company | Belban Productions |
| Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Judith Lee is a young woman of indulgent parents and is allowed to have her own way. After she is arrested by mistake and dishonored by a blackmailer, and with her mother is on the verge of compromise, the blackmailer is murdered by one of his victims. Judith Lee, believing her mother is guilty, assumes the blame and is about to be convicted when her fiancé, a lawyer, obtains the confession of the real killer.
Cast
- Virginia Lee Corbin as Judith Lee
- Wheeler Oakman as Frank Delmore
- Peggy Kelly as Nita Moore
- Johnnie Walker as John Harding
- Irma Harrison as Margy Hopkins
- Mary E. Hamilton as Mrs. Hamilton (herself)
- Elizabeth J. Monroe as Self (assistant to Mrs. Hamilton)
- Dorothy Cumming as Mrs. Lee[4]
- Theodore Babcock as Mr. Lee[4]
Production
Mary E. Hamilton, a New York City police officer whose work was in the "rehabilitation of wayward girls", arranged for the creation of Belban Productions for a film in which she could appear as herself and promote police work to suppress the white slave trade.[5] At her insistence, the plot turns on a male police officer mistakenly arresting flapper Judith for being a prostitute.[5]
