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Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Bryan Foy.
Lights of New York: Directed by Bryan Foy. With Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman. A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.
Jan 21, 2024 · Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Bryan...
Warner Bros. Pictures | The Vitaphone Corporation — July 21, 1928
When bootleggers Jackson and Dickson, who have been hiding out in a small upstate New York town, learn that they finally can return to New York, they try to convince Eddie Morgan and his friend, a local barber named Gene, to come with them.
Aug 30, 2016 · Lights of New York started as a two-reel short subject. Director Bryan Foy secretly increased the length to seven reels to make it the first all-talking picture. The plot revolves around two Upstate New York barbers who are convinced by bootleggers to come to the city and open a shop there.
Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Bryan Foy.
Lights of New York. A man is framed for the murder of a crime boss. This film made history as the first all-talking motion picture.
- Crime, Drama
Filmed in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system, Lights of New York is the first ever all-talking full-length feature film. Earlier landmarks include The Jazz Singer (1927) which was the first full-length partial talkie, and Don Juan (1926), the first full-length film with a synchronized soundtrack.
There is the inevitable chorus-girl with a heart of gold (top-billed Helene Costello), the downtrodden floozy (Gladys Brockwell), and a cop-killing gangster boss, Hawk Miller (Wheeler Oakman), whom screenwriters Hugh Herbert and Murray Roth furnished with the film's one memorable line.
