Lights of Old Broadway
| Lights of Old Broadway | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Monta Bell |
| Produced by | Cosmopolitan Productions |
| Written by |
Laurence Eyre (play The Merry Wives of Gotham) Carey Wilson (adaptation & scenario) Joseph Farnham (intertitles) |
| Starring |
Marion Davies Conrad Nagel |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent English intertitles |
Lights of Old Broadway (1925) is a drama film directed by Monta Bell, produced by William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film stars Marion Davies and Conrad Nagel, and is an adaptation of the play The Merry Wives of Gotham by Laurence Eyre (USA). The film has color sequences using tinting, Technicolor, and the Handschiegl color process.[1]
The play was produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre from January 16, 1924 to April 1924. Davies' part was played on the stage by actress Mary Ellis.[2][3]
Plot
Marion Davies plays twins separated at birth: Anne becomes a society girl in New York and Fely becomes an Irish poor girl turning to the musical world. Dirk (Conrad Nagel), Anne's half brother, falls in love with the poor sister, with the added inconvenient that Anne's family owns the slum in which the Irish families live.
Cast
- Marion Davies - Fely / Anne
- Conrad Nagel - Dirk de Rhonde
- Frank Currier - Lambert de Rhonde
- George K. Arthur - Andy
- Charles McHugh - Shamus O'Tandy
- Eleanor Lawson - Mrs. O'Tandy
Preservation status
- Copies are preserved at the Library of Congress and UCLA Film and Television Archive.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Layton, James; Pierce, David (February 24, 2015). The Dawn of Technicolor: 1915-1935. Rochester, New York: George Eastman House. p. 127. ISBN 978-0935398281.
- ↑ Lights of Old Broadway at silentera.com database
- ↑ Lights of Old Broadway as produced on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre January 16, 1924-April 1924; IBDb.com
- ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Lights of Old Broadway
External links
- Lights of Old Broadway at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Lights of Old Broadway at the Internet Movie Database
- Lights of Old Broadway at SilentEra
- Lights of Old Broadway synopsis at AllMovie