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The Regeneration

Play trailer The Regeneration Released Sep 13, 1915 1h 22m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Orphaned at an early age after the death of his mother, Owen Conway (Johnny McCann) takes to New York City's streets and turns to crime after being exploited and abused by his new guardians. As an adult gang leader, Owen (Rockliffe Fellowes) saves socialite Marie Deering (Anna Q. Nilsson) and district attorney Ames (Carl Harbaugh) from being attacked by drunk criminals in a seedy bar. Sensing Owen's fundamental decency, Marie tries to persuade him to leave his criminal life behind.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker Revelling in the cinema's power to set a vast scene in a single glance, Walsh gives the spare, schematic story a novelistic amplitude. Nov 5, 2013 Full Review Time Out [Regeneration is] distinguished by a remarkable approach to physical casting, a robust treatment of violent action, and a sheer narrative pace to shame contemporary ponderousness. Nov 5, 2013 Full Review TV Guide An astonishingly impressive and durable movie for its years. Rated: 4/4 Nov 5, 2013 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid It's an extraordinary film. Rated: 4/4 Nov 5, 2013 Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Pioneering crime drama, brilliantly made, with rich acting, stunning photography of NY slums, creative visual style. Aug 15, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member A true period gangster film (perhaps the first) shot on location, in NY, in the mid teens, with a non cliche ending. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member the first feature length crime movie. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member A sharp & snappy film made by Roaul Walsh in 1915 that is incredibly innovative and modern. A highly moral story but a story told well none the less. A young child growing up in a tough home turned gangster then slowly changed by the woman in the street mission. Although the story is familiar it was told well with excellent direction & strength of performances. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm told this is one of the first Gangster movies to have been made - it's also 20th Century Fox' first film - and its themes are as visceral and deafening as any modern take on its plot, despite it being silent. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Not 1 of the best silent films Ive seen but it was alright Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member It was good, but kinda boring in all honesty. It took too long to get moving. The second half mostly made up for a lackluster first, however. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Orphaned at an early age after the death of his mother, Owen Conway (Johnny McCann) takes to New York City's streets and turns to crime after being exploited and abused by his new guardians. As an adult gang leader, Owen (Rockliffe Fellowes) saves socialite Marie Deering (Anna Q. Nilsson) and district attorney Ames (Carl Harbaugh) from being attacked by drunk criminals in a seedy bar. Sensing Owen's fundamental decency, Marie tries to persuade him to leave his criminal life behind.
Director
Raoul Walsh
Screenwriter
Raoul Walsh, Carl Harbaugh
Distributor
Fox Film Corporation
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 13, 1915, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 4, 2001
Runtime
1h 22m