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Line 14: \| editing = \| distributor = [[United Artists]] \| released = [[12 April]] [[1921]] (silent version)<br>[[2 May]] [[1921]] (sound version) \| runtime = 135 minutes \| country = {{filmUS}} Line 23: \| website = }} '''''Dream Street''''' ([[1921 in film\|1921]]) is a movie 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 (author)\|Thomas Burke]], "Gina of Chinatown" and "Song of the Lamp". The film, released by [[United Artists]], was poorly received in its day and critics still consider it one of Griffith's worst films. In 1936, Griffith's flim was reissued and narrated by [[Lillian Gish]], Griffith, [[Eddie Cantor]] and [[Al Jolson]]. ==1921 Premiere== 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 [[sound-on-disc]] process developed by Orlando Kellum. Some Photokinema films, including ''Dream Street'', 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 segments at Orlando Kellum's Photokinema office at 203 West 40th Street.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=V_C3AmDL314C&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=dream+street+griffith+town+hall&source=bl&ots=Hm3ZOFl3j5&sig=_JQzeK58YvzxE0nJL0ycYlL6sVI&hl=en&ei=jPxxStzACIPusQPXp9XtCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3 Richard Barrios, ''A Song in the Dark'' (1995), page 15]</ref><ref>["Griffith to Present Sound Film at Town Hall Tomorrow", ''The New York Times'' (May 1, 1921), Drama and Music section, page 78]</ref> The premiere engagement of ''Dream Street'' at [[Town Hall (New York, New York)\|Town Hall]] in [[New York City]] also featured two other short sound sequences — Ralph Graves singing, and background noise in a scene showing a [[craps\|craps game]]. Unfortunately, no other theaters could show the sound version of the film, since no other theaters had the Photokinema sound system installed.▼ ▲The premiere engagement of the sound version ''Dream Street'' took place on May 2, 1921 at [[Town Hall (New York, New York)\|Town Hall]] in [[New York City]] also featured two other short sound sequences — Ralph Graves singing, and background noise in a scene showing a [[craps\|craps game]]. Unfortunately, no other theaters could show the sound version of the film, since no other theaters had the Photokinema sound system installed.<ref>[[[Scott Eyman]], ''The Speed of Sound'' (1997), page 43]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links==