Angel of the road

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Movie
German title Angel of the road
Original title Street Angel
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1928
length 102 minutes
Rod
Director Frank Borzage
script HH Caldwell
Katherine Hilliker
Philip Klein
Marion Orth
Henry Roberts Symonds based
on the story Cristilinda by Monckton Hoffe
production William Fox
for Fox Film Corporation
camera Ernest Palmer
cut Barney Wolf
occupation

Angels of the Road is a 1928 American drama directed by Frank Borzage, based on the story told by Cristilinda by Monckton Hoffe . The film was a mixture of silent film (with the usual subtitles ) and sound film with music and sound effects and is considered the first sound film shown in New Zealand . In addition, the film was nominated for two Academy Awards.

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Angela is arrested on the street in Naples for stealing and is mistaken for a prostitute . She was sentenced to one year in a labor camp for the theft to get money for her terminally ill mother's medicine . From there, however, she was able to flee and found shelter at a circus , where, as a natural talent, she found employment as an artist and met the painter Gino. However, her career ends when she breaks her ankle in a fall, so she and Gino have to plan their future again. Gino wants to go to Naples, but doesn't know Angela's past and therefore doesn't know that the police are still looking for her. So the question of the future of the starving artist and the mysterious beauty continues.

Awards and background

The film is particularly special because it both at the first Academy Awards in 1929 and in the second ceremony in April 1930 for Oscars was nominated. At the first award in 1929, Janet Gaynor received the Oscar for best actress and was able to prevail against Louise Dresser and Gloria Swanson . In addition to her performance in this film, she also received an Oscar for her appearances in the films Das Glück in der Mansarde and Sunrise - A Song of Two People .

At the Academy Awards in April 1930, Ernest Palmer was nominated for the Oscar for best camera and Harry Oliver for best production design, but neither received an Oscar.

On the other hand, the film is also a rarity, as it is a mixture of silent film with the usual intertitles and sound film with music and sound effects. On March 28, 1929 it was shown in New Zealand and is therefore considered to be the first sound film shown in New Zealand.

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