The Road to Ruin (1928 film)
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The Road to Ruin is a 1928 silent
black-and-white exploitation film
directed by Norton S. Parker. The film is about a teenage girl, Sally Canfield, whose life is ruined by sex and drugs. The film was the top grossing movie of 1928 and was remade as a talkie
in 1934.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
black-and-white exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
directed by Norton S. Parker. The film is about a teenage girl, Sally Canfield, whose life is ruined by sex and drugs. The film was the top grossing movie of 1928 and was remade as a talkie
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
in 1934.
Cast
- Helen FosterHelen Foster (actress)Helen Foster was an American film actress.-Early life and career:Born in Independence, Kansas, Foster attending school in Kansas City and later attended finishing school in Florida. She began acting in 1924, appearing in comedy shorts and early Westerns...
as Sally Canfield - Grant WithersGrant WithersGrant Withers was an American film actor. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with a list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead...
as Don Hughes - Florence TurnerFlorence TurnerFlorence Turner was an American actress, who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films.Born in New York City, she was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by her ambitious mother...
as Mrs. Canfield - Charles Miller as Mr. Canfield
- Virginia Roye as Eve Terrell
- Thomas Carr as Jimmy Canfield
- Don Rader as Al
- Eddie Dunn as Strip Poker Player