Night Life of New York

Night Life of New York is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Paul Schofield and Edgar Selwyn. The film stars Rod La Rocque, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Gish, Helen Lee Worthing, George Hackathorne, and Arthur Housman. The film was released on August 3, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Night Life of New York
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Directed byAllan Dwan
Screenplay byPaul Schofield
Edgar Selwyn
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringRod La Rocque
Ernest Torrence
Dorothy Gish
Helen Lee Worthing
George Hackathorne
Arthur Housman
CinematographyGeorge Webber
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 3, 1925 (1925-08-03)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine reviews,[3] discouraged with his ne’er do well son, Ronald, John Bentley consents to a plot to send him to New York City where it is planned to get him into as much trouble as possible so that he will soon want to leave the metropolis. Ronald gets mixed up in a jewel robbery, fights in a night club, is arrested, figures in the thrilling capture of a yeggman and, being found innocent, returns to Iowa with his telephone operator bride.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of Night Life of New York located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ "Night Life of New York". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Night Life of New York". afi.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Night Life of New York", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (8), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 50, August 16, 1925, retrieved July 20, 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Night Life of New York
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