Cabaret (1927 film) explained

Cabaret is a 1927 American silent crime drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Robert G. Vignola, and starring Gilda Gray.^{[1] [2]}

The film was considered a rival to Paramount's own Underworld released later in 1927. It was the winner of the Photoplay award in 1927.

Cast

• Gilda Gray as Gloria Trask
• Tom Moore as Detective Tom Westcott
• Chester Conklin as Jerry Trask
• Mona Palma as Blanche Howard (Mona was also known as Mimi Palmeri)
• Jack Egan as Andy Trask
• William Harrigan as Jack Costigan
• Charles Byer as Sam Roberts
• Anna Lavsa as Mrs. Trask

Preservation

With no prints of Cabaret located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.^[4]

External links

• • • • • Two lobby posters Cabaret;
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Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Cabaret1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: Cabaret
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4108/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Cabaret
4. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html Arne Andersen's: Lost Film Files, (Paramount Pictures) - 1927