The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 78% of the 138 1920s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall in love.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
121 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank BorzageDirector
- Benjamin GlazerScreenplay
- H.H. CaldwellWriter
- Katherine HillikerWriter
Cast
- Janet GaynorDiane
- Charles FarrellChico
- Albert GranBoul
- David ButlerGobin
- Marie MosquiniMadame Gobin
- Gladys BrockwellNana
- Émile ChautardFather Chevillon
- Ben BardCol. Brissac
- George E. StoneSewer Rat
- Jessie HaslettAunt Valentine
- Brandon HurstUncle George
- Lillian WestArlette
Stills
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Themes
optimismbased on play or musicalloveblack and whitesewersilent filmpresumed deadstreet cleaners