The Angel of Crooked Street

The Angel of Crooked Street
Directed byDavid Smith
Written byC. Graham Baker
Harry Dittmar
Produced byAlbert E. Smith
StarringAlice Calhoun
Ralph McCullough
William McCall
CinematographyW. Steve Smith Jr.
Production
company
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • April 23, 1922 (1922-04-23)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Angel of Crooked Street is a 1922 American silent crime drama film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Ralph McCullough and William McCall.[1] Lobby cards for the film are extant.

Plot

Jennie Marsh, a young woman working as a maid is unjustly accused of theft when the man she brings home from dance proceeds to rob the house of her employer. She is sent to a reformatory and on release is embittered against the world and decides to take revenge on her former employer Mrs. Sandford. She plans to frame her son Schuyler for a robbery he didn't commit.

Cast

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, The Angel of Crooked Street is considered a lost film.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Connelly p.13
  2. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Angel Of Crooked Street". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2026.

Bibliography

  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.