Anna Ascends (1922)

film · 1922 film by Victor Fleming

Maidenscatalogued, not screened by the author
Director
Victor Fleming
Country
United States
Runtime
60 min
Distributor
PAR
Genre
romance film, silent film
Cast
Alice Brady, Robert Ellis, Howard Fisk
Production notes
Silent. Notes from VAR (17 November 1922). Adapted from Harry C. Ford’s 1920 Broadway play. Notes on the play from Kathy Baum’s program

Findings (1)

  • Anna is a Syrian immigrant waitress in New York's Syrian quarter, menaced by a criminal who preys on the coffee house where she works; her 'ascent' carries her out of the immigrant colony into education, American society, and an American fiance, a rise measured by the distance she puts between herself and her Arab world.
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