Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Road to Ruin (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture Vol. 15)Condition: NewFormat: Blu-rayDescription: One of the most popular films of the exploitation cinema was Willis Kent’s The Road to Ruin, about a group of wholesome high schoolers whose flirtations with vice launch them down a slippery moral slope to death and degradation. Unlike the genre’s more campy and hysterical scare films, such as Reefer Madness, The Road to Ruin is a finely crafted melodrama that is deceptively effective, building to an unexpectedly devastating climax. Filmed first as a silent in 1928 and then remade as a talkie in 1934 (both of which are featured in this edition), The Road to Ruin owes much of its success to actress Helen Foster, who stars in both versions as the love-hungry teen whose need for acceptance leads her to Jazz Age perdition. Newly restored from archival 35mm elements, The Road to Ruin is presented in cooperation with Something Weird, the estate of Dan Sonney, and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Special Features: • Audio commentary for The Road to Ruin (1934) by Eric Schaefer, author of Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films • Audio commentary for The Road to Ruin (1928) by film historian Anthony Slide • Gallery of exploitation trailersActor: Helen Foster, Nell O'Day, Glen Boles, Virginia RoyeGenre: DramaRating: MPAA Not RatedNo Of Discs: 1Run Time: 2 hours and 9 minutesCountry/Region of Manufacture: USAStudio: Kino ClassicsLanguage: EnglishSubtitle Language: EnglishEAN: 0738329265977Region Code: Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...) Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Title: The Road to Ruin (Forbidden Fruit: The Golden Age of the Exploita
Actor: Virginia Roye
No Of Discs: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: USA
Subtitle Language: English
EAN: 0738329265977
Region Code: Blu-ray: A (Americas, Southeast Asia...)
Movie/TV Title: The Road to Ruin (Forbidden Fruit: the Golden Age of the Exploitation Picture, Vol. 15)
Producer: Willis Kent
Director: Dorothy Reid, Melville Shyer, Mrs. Wallace Reid
Language: English
Run Time: 129 min.
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rating: NR
Format: Blu-ray
Release Year: 1934
Genre: Drama
Studio: Kino Classics
Sub-Genre: Cult
