Regeneration

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Regeneration is a 1915 American silent crime drama film directed by Raoul Walsh, often cited as one of the earliest full-length gangster movies.

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Regeneration canonical 2
His Regeneration 1
The Island of Regeneration 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime film
drama film
film
gangster film
silent film
basedOn My Mamie Rose
autobiographical novel by Owen Frawley Kildare
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Raoul Walsh
distributor Fox Film Corporation
era silent era
filmFormat black-and-white
filmingTechnique on-location shooting in New York slums
genre crime drama
gangster film
hasCastMember Anna Q. Nilsson
Carl Harbaugh
George Walsh
James A. Marcus
John McCann
Maggie Weston
Rockliffe Fellowes
William Sheer
hasFilmPremiereInDecade 1910s
hasIntertitlesLanguage English
includedIn National Film Registry
leadActorForCharacterOwenConway Rockliffe Fellowes
leadActressForCharacter Anna Q. Nilsson
leadCharacterName Owen Conway
narrativeTheme crime and reform
redemption
notableFor being one of the earliest feature-length gangster films
early example of American crime drama feature film
originalLanguage Silent film with English intertitles
preservationStatus selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry
productionCompany Fox Film Corporation
productionStatus completed film
publicationDate 1915
registrySelectionReason aesthetically significant
culturally significant
historically significant
releaseYear 1915
runtimeMinutes 72
screenwriter Raoul Walsh
settingLocation New York City

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Raoul Walsh notableWork Regeneration
Raoul Walsh directed Regeneration
Vitagraph Company of America notableWork Regeneration
this entity surface form: The Island of Regeneration
Charlotte Mineau notable work Regeneration
this entity surface form: His Regeneration