Underworld (1927 film)

Underworld (1927 film)

Infobox Film
name = Underworld


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director = Josef von Sternberg
producer = Hector Turnbull
writer = Charles Furthman Robert N. Lee
narrator =
starring = George Bancroft Clive Brook Evelyn Brent Larry Semon Fred Kohler
music =
cinematography = Bert Glennon
editing =
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = 1927
runtime =
country = USA
language = Silent film
English intertitles
budget =
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amg_id = 1:115111
imdb_id = 0018526

:"There were also films called Underworld in 1937, 1985, 1996 and 2003".

"Underworld" is a 1927 silent film directed by Josef von Sternberg. Originally, it was to have been directed by Arthur Rosson, but he was fired by Paramount Pictures. It was written by Ben Hecht, adapted by Charles Furthman and Robert N. Lee, with titles by George Marion Jr.. It was produced by B.P. Schulberg and Hector Turnbull with cinematography by Bert Glennon and edited by E. Lloyd Sheldon.

Paramount Pictures initially predicted this film to be a failure and therefore only released in one theater initially in New York. Ben Hecht even asked for his name to be taken off the credits. After strong word-of-mouth, the movie went on to become a hit.

Awards

*Ben Hecht won the Academy Award for Writing in the 1st Academy Awards ceremony in 1927 for his work on this film.

External links

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References in Popular Culture

*Don DeLillo mentions it in the section of his 1997 bestseller "Underworld", that a Sergei Eisenstein film called "Unterwelt" is reminiscent of the film "Underworld".


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