Lights of New York

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Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime film historically recognized as the first all-talking feature-length movie.

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Label Occurrences
Lights of New York canonical 10

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime film
film
sound film
basedOn original story by Louis Glass
original story by Murray Rothman
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Edgar Lyons
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Bryan Foy
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy George Marks
filmingLocation Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros. studios
format black-and-white
genre crime film
gangster film
hasDialogue synchronized spoken dialogue throughout
hasHistoricalSignificance milestone in transition from silent films to sound films
hasTheme bootlegging
organized crime
police corruption
hasType feature film
isFirst first all-talking feature-length film
languageType all-talking
motionPictureRating pre-Code
narrativeLocation New York City
notableFor being the first all-talking feature film
originalLanguage English
partOf early sound era of Hollywood cinema
producer Bryan Foy
productionCompany Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1928-07-06
runtimeMinutes 57
screenwriter Andrew Bennison
Tom McNamara
Vitae Scherer
setInPeriod 1920s
soundSystem Vitaphone
starring Cullen Landis
Eugene Pallette
Gladys Brockwell
Helene Costello
Mary Carr
Tom Dugan
Wheeler Oakman
yearOfRelease 1928

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Description of subject: Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime film historically recognized as the first all-talking feature-length movie.

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Lights of New York (1928 film) title Lights of New York
Helene Costello notableWork Lights of New York
Helene Costello appearedIn Lights of New York
Bryan Foy notableWork Lights of New York
Vitae Scherer notableWork Lights of New York
Vitae Scherer coWrote Lights of New York
Vitae Scherer workedOn Lights of New York
George Marks notableWork Lights of New York
Edgar Lyons notableWork Lights of New York
Edgar Lyons workedOn Lights of New York