A wealthy banker wants to tear down a tenement slum to build a factory, but a charming girl who lives there starts to persuade him to change his mind. A crooked bank employee and one of the tenement dwellers are stealing bonds from the bank.


Is Sunshine of Paradise Alley a forgotten masterpiece of the silent era? Short answer: no, but it is an essential artifact for those interested in the evolution of urban melodrama and the 'social uplift' genre of the 1920s. This film is for the dedicated cinephile who enjoys dissecting the morality plays of the Jazz Ag...


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"Is Sunshine of Paradise Alley a forgotten masterpiece of the silent era? Short answer: no, but it is an essential artifact for those interested in the evolution of urban melodrama and the 'social uplift' genre of the 1920s. This film is for the dedicated cinephile who enjoys dissecting the morality plays of the Jazz Age, but it is certainly not for the modern viewer who requires fast-paced action or nuanced, morally gray protagonists.The Core VerdictThis film works because of Barbara Bedford’s r..."
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