Dream Street (film)

Dream Street is a 1921 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, and starring Carol Dempster, Charles Emmett Mack, and Ralph Graves in a story about a love triangle set in London, and based on two short stories by Thomas Burke, Gina of Chinatown and Song of the Lamp. The cast also features Tyrone Power, Sr..

The original 1921 version of Dream Street is notable for a brief sequence when Griffith steps out in front of a curtain at the beginning of the movie and talks to the audience about the film, using Photokinema, an early soundondisc process developed by Orlando Kellum. Some films made in the Photokinema process, including Griffiths Dream Street introduction at the beginning, are preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.The silent version premiered on April 12, 1921 at the Central Theatre in New York City. On April 27, Griffith and Ralph Graves recorded their respective sound segments at Orlando Kellums Photokinema office at 203 West 40th Street. ........

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