Summaries

Sally from NYC, neglected by parents, smokes, drinks, has affairs with older men. Arrested during strip poker game. "The Wages of Sin Is Death" appears in fire over her bed. Depicts her descent into risky behaviors.

Drama about the life of a young teenage girl who goes down the "road to ruin". Sally is a 16-year-old New York City teen who, neglected by her parents, takes up smoking and drinking, engages in affairs with a series of older men, gets arrested by the police during a strip poker game, discovers after she's sent home that she is pregnant, and gets an illegal abortion. The words "The Wages of Sin Is Death" appear inexplicably over her bed in fire.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • lie
  • drugs
  • teenager
  • b movie
  • teenage prostitution
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Mar 22, 1928
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Passed
Countries of origin United States
Language English None
Filming locations Tec-Art Studios - 5360 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Cliff Broughton Productions

Box office

Budget $2500

Tech specs

Runtime 1h
Color Black and White
Sound mix Silent
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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