Lights of New York (1928 film)

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American film crime drama film film sound film

Lights of New York (1928 film) is an American crime drama notable as the first all-talking feature-length sound film in cinema history.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → crime drama film → film → sound film →
basedOn	original screenplay →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Bryan Foy →
distributor	Warner Bros. →
era	early sound era →
filmColor	black-and-white →
format	black-and-white →
genre	crime film → drama film →
hasAspect	all dialogue recorded and synchronized →
hasCastMember	Cullen Landis → Eugene Pallette → Gladys Brockwell → Helene Costello → Mary Carr → Tom Dugan → Wheeler Oakman →
hasGenre	crime drama →
historicalSignificance	milestone in transition from silent to sound cinema →
isFeatureLength	true →
isTalkingPicture	true →
languageOfWork	English →
medium	35 mm film →
motionPictureRating	unrated →
narrativeFeature	yes →
notableFor	first all-talking feature-length sound film →
originalLanguage	English →
precededBy	The Jazz Singer →
producer	Bryan Foy →
productionCompany	Foy Productions → Warner Bros. →
releaseDate	1928-07-06 →
releaseYear	1928 →
runtimeMinutes	57 →
screenwriter	Hugh Herbert → Robert H. Lord →
settingLocation	New York City →
soundSystem	Vitaphone →
title	Lights of New York →
yearOfWork	1928 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Vitaphone →	usedInFilm