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Regeneration

191572 minUnited States
RomanceBiographyCrimeDrama
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
71:33
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Raoul Walsh · Public domain

Synopsis

After losing his mother, Owen grows up amid poverty and street violence, eventually becoming a gang leader. Meeting social worker Marie Deering gives him a reason to imagine another life. His attempt to change brings him into conflict with old associates and with a district attorney whose approach to the neighborhood differs sharply from Marie's.

Cast

DirectorsRaoul Walsh

Inspirations

The story adapts Owen Frawley Kildare's memoir My Mamie Rose and its stage version. It connects a gangster's personal transformation with the conditions of New York's Lower East Side.

Behind the scenes

Raoul Walsh filmed on location in the Lower East Side. The streets and waterfront give the drama a strong physical setting, including a dangerous fire aboard an excursion boat.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

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