Madonna of Avenue A explained

Madonna of Avenue A is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It starred Dolores Costello in one of her first sound films. This is reportedly a lost film.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Dolores Costello as Maria Morton
• Grant Withers as Slim Shayne
• Douglas Gerrard as Arch Duke
• Louise Dresser as Georgia Morton
• Otto Hoffman as Monk
• Lee Moran as Gus
• Rhoda Cross
• Susanne Ransom as child (uncredited)
• William Russell (uncredited)

Censorship

Like many American films of the time, Madonna of Avenue A was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas the film, with a plot involving prostitution, illegitimacy, and suicide was banned by the Board of Review.^[4]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

External links

• • • Window card Madonna of Avenue A

Notes and References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c. 1971
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150918183827/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10512 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Madonna of Avenue A
3. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnewarner.html Madonna of Avenue A at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers Pictures 1929
4. Book: Butters, Gerald R. . Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966 . University of Missouri Press . 2007 . 195 . 978-0-8262-1749-3.