• Source: Main Street (1923 film)

      • Main Street is a 1923 American silent drama film based on the 1920 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Harry Beaumont. A Broadway play version of the novel was produced in 1921. It was the first film to be released after the foundation of Warner Bros. Pictures on April 4, 1923.


      Plot


      As described in a film magazine review, a young city woman with advanced ideas marries a small town doctor, and go to live in a backwoods burg. Her irritation at the small talk and petty incidents which make up the lives of the townspeople finally culminate in her leaving home and going to work as a government clerk in Washington, D.C. After a time her husband follows her there and there is a reunion.


      Cast




      Box office


      According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $510,000 domestically and $46,000 foreign.


      Preservation status


      Main Street is a lost film. Warner Bros. records of the film's negative have a notation, "Junked 12/27/48" (i.e., December 27, 1948). Warner Bros. destroyed many of its negatives in the late 1940s and 1950s due to the nitrate decomposition of its pre-1933 films.


      See also


      I Married a Doctor, 1936 film adaptation of Main Street


      References




      External links



      Main Street at IMDb
      Main Street at the TCM Movie Database
      Synopsis at AllMovie
      Lantern slide (Wayback Machine)
      Lobby poster
      Series of photos (archived)

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