A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.
Guy D'Ennery
- Tommy
- (as Guy Dennery)
Harry Downing
- Night Club Emcee & Singer
- (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
- Cop
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe first feature film with all synchronous dialogue. It was released a year after The Jazz Singer (1927), the first feature film with limited dialogue sequences.
- GoofsIn Central Park, one of Kitty's lines is repeated.
- Quotes
Hawk Miller: I want you guys to make him disappear.
Sam: Oh. You mean...
Hawk Miller: Take him for a ride.
- ConnectionsEdited into Okay for Sound (1946)
- SoundtracksAt Dawning
(1906) (uncredited)
Music by Charles Wakefield Cadman
Lyrics by Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Sung by Harry Downing
Featured review
Okay so I gave this a 6 but to be fair you can't grade Lights of New York in any ordinary sense. The camera's immobile, the acting's on par with lumber and the script's below second-rate. I love the dialog--- Wheeler Oakman's "But... they... must not... find... Eddie" and the infamous, "Take.. him... for... A... ride" is stupifyingly awful (further proof of his thespian skills can be seen in his death scene... then he keeps on breathing!). But hey, this was the very first all-talking movie! There's every reason in the world to make allowances for every one of it's shortcomings. I've seen The Jazz Singer released around 8 months earlier and this represented a huge leap over part-talkies. It's hard to be overly critical on the technical aspects when it's apparent that everyone was dealing with new fangled sound and heavily soundproofed cameras--- not to mention sound requiring completely new types of direction. This is a gem that deserves to be seen and judged for what it is, a historical artifact. Eugene Palette is the best actor here (no surprise).
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Svetla Njujorka
- Filming locations
- Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(New York City establishing shots, archive footage)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $75,000 (estimated)
- Runtime57 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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