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New York Nights
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7447 feet / 81 minutes
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Cast: Norma Talmadge [Jill Deverne], Gilbert Roland [Fred Deberne], John Wray [Joe Prividi], Lilyan Tashman [Peggy], Mary Doran [Ruthie Day], Roscoe Karns [Jimmy Dolan], De Witt Jennings [the police detective]
[?] Joseph M. Schenck Productions or Art Cinema Corporation? production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. Screenplay by Jules Furthman, from the play Tin Pan Alley by Hugh Stanislaus Strange. Production supervision by John W. Considine Jr. Songs by Al Jolson, Ballard MacDonald and Dave Dreyer. Cinematography by Ray June. Sound recording by Oscar Lagerstrom. Film editor, Hal C. Kern. Presented by Joseph M. Schenck. / © 28 December 1929 by Joseph M. Schenck [LP950]. Premiered 28 December 1929 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Talmadge’s first talking film. [?] Parish-Gangster p. 288 lists the film’s length as 7447 feet. / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (AFI/Paul Killiam collection) [35mm positive (incomplete, missing reel 2)]; and in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Alcoholics - Chorus girls - Crime: Frame-ups, Murder - Criminals: Murderers - Death: Murder - Songwriters - Synchronized sound film - USA: New York: New York
Listing updated: 4 December 2024.
References: Dardis-Keaton p. 273; Mandelbaum-Screen p. 47; Parish-Gangster pp. 288-289; Vermilye-Twenties p. 210 : Website-IMDb; Website-Talmadge.
Home video: DVD.
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