New York Nights


1h 21m 1929

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
Dec 28, 1929
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
United Artists Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Tin Pan Alley by Hugh Stanislaus Stange (New York, 1 Nov 1928).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 21m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7,447ft (9 reels)

Synopsis

Chorus girl Jill Deverne supports her song-writer husband, Fred, who has a strong bent for alcohol. When he finishes a new song, she consents to show it to racketeer Joe Prividi, the producer of her musical show, but Fred objects to favors from him; nevertheless Prividi, who covets Jill, agrees to use the song. Fred and his partner, Johnny Dolan, arrive drunk at a nightclub appointment; and in a raid, the police discover Fred with Ruthie, a chorus girl. Disgusted and angered by Fred's behavior, Jill becomes Prividi's girl. Later, at a private party, Prividi shoots a drunken gambler who tries to force himself on her; and when she goes to him at the jail, Jill finds Fred down and out and plans for a new future. Prividi hires gunmen to shoot Fred upon his release, but Prividi is taken prisoner aboard a train, and Jill and Fred begin life anew.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Release Date
Dec 28, 1929
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
United Artists Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Tin Pan Alley by Hugh Stanislaus Stange (New York, 1 Nov 1928).

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 21m
Sound
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Color
Black and White
Film Length
7,447ft (9 reels)

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