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Lights of New York
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 57 minutes
Directed by Bryan Foy

Cast: Helene Costello [Kitty Lewis], Cullen Landis [Eddie Morgan], Gladys Brockwell [Molly Thompson], Mary Carr [Mrs. Morgan], Wheeler Oakman [Hawk Miller], Eugene Pallette [Gene], Robert Elliott [Detective Crosby], Tom Dugan [Sam], Tom McGuire [Collins], Guy D’Ennery [Tommy], Walter Percival [Mr. Jackson], Jere Delaney [Mr. Dickson]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, and The Vitaphone Corporation production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Screenplay by Murray Roth and Hugh Herbert. Cinematography by E.B. Du Par (Ed H. DuPar). Film editor, Jack Killifer. / Premiered 8 July 1928 at the Mark Strand Theatre in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The first all-talking feature film; originally planned as a two-reel film. Some intertitles were still used in the sound version of the film. Parish-Gangster p. 245 lists the film’s length as 5267 feet. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Barber shops - Crime: Bootlegging, Frame-ups, Murder - Death: Murder - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Nightclubs - Synchronized sound film - USA: New York: New York - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 11 March 2010.

References: Film credits : Bohn-Light pp. xxv, 180; Bondanella-Hollywood p. 98; Brownlow-Parade p. 571; Drew-Speaking p. 133; Everson-American p. 343; Everson-Detective p. 54; Geduld-Birth pp. 103, 139; Jewell-RKO p. 9; Leish-Cinema pp. 66, 68; Parish-Gangster pp. 2, 245; Perry-British p. 61; Ryall-Blackmail p. 12; Schelly-Langdon p. 129; Smith-Colman p. 93; Sweeney-Coming pp. 120, 125; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 196-197 : ClasIm-225 p. 51; ClasIm-240 p. 44.

Home video: DVD.

 
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