Salome of the Tenements

Salome of the Tenements
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Directed bySidney Olcott
Written bySonya Levien
Based onSalome of the Tenements
by Anzia Yezierska
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringJetta Goudal
Godfrey Tearle
José Ruben
CinematographyDavid W. Gobbett
Al Liguori
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 3, 1925 (1925-03-03)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Salome of the Tenements is a 1925 American silent drama film adapted to the screen by Sonya Levien from the Anzia Yezierska novel of the same name. Made by Jesse L. Lasky and Adolph Zukor's Famous Players–Lasky Corporation, a division of Paramount Pictures, it was directed by Sidney Olcott and starred Jetta Goudal and Godfrey Tearle.

The film, which was inspired by accounts of the real life of Rose Pastor Stokes, tells the story of poor immigrants living in New York's Jewish Lower East Side. It was shot at the Paramount Astoria studios.