Sinner's Parade

{{short description|1928 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Sinner's Parade | image = Sinner's Parade lobby card.jpg | caption = Lobby card | director = John G. Adolfi | producer = Harry Cohn | writer = Beatrice Van | story = David Lewis | starring = Victor Varconi <br> Dorothy Revier <br> John Patrick | music = | editing = Ben Pivar | cinematography = James Van Trees | studio = Columbia Pictures | distributor = Columbia Pictures | released = {{Film date|1928|09|14}} | runtime = 58 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Sinner's Parade''''' is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by John G. Adolfi, written by Beatrice Van, and starring Victor Varconi, Dorothy Revier, and John Patrick.<ref>Langman & Finn p. 249.</ref><ref>[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SinnersParade1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''Sinner's Parade''] at silentera.com</ref>

The film's sets were designed by the art director Harrison Wiley.

==Cast== * Victor Varconi as Al Morton * Dorothy Revier as Mary Tracy * John Patrick as Bill Adams * Edna Marion as Connie Adams * Marjorie Bonner as Sadie * Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Adams * Jack Mower as Chauffeur

==Censorship== When ''Sinner's Parade'' was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. Among the cuts ordered by the Kansas censor board was an intertitle stating, "We're being raided–get rid of your liquor."<ref>{{cite journal |last= |first= |author-link= |title=Eliminations Ordered in 1928 by Kansas Censor Board with Woman Members |journal=Variety |volume=94 |issue=6 |page=5 |publisher=Variety, Inc. |location=New York City |date=1929-02-20 |url=https://archive.org/details/variety94-1929-02/page/n138/mode/1up |access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref>

==Preservation== With no prints of ''Sinner's Parade'' located in any film archives,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sinner's Parade [motion picture] |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9228/ |accessdate=2023-10-31 |work=American Silent Feature Film Survival Database}}</ref> it is a lost film.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Larry Langman & Daniel Finn. ''A Guide to American Silent Crime Films''. Greenwood Press, 1994.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0019389}}

Category:1928 films Category:1928 crime films Category:American crime films Category:Films directed by John G. Adolfi Category:American silent feature films Category:Columbia Pictures films Category:American black-and-white films Category:1928 English-language films Category:1928 American films Category:English-language crime films