Lights of New York

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crime film film sound film

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

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 →
director	Bryan Foy →
distributor	Warner Bros. →
editedBy	George Marks →
filmingLocation	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. →
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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bryan Foy → Helene Costello →	notableWork
Helene Costello →	appearedIn
Lights of New York (1928 film) →	title