| Lights of New York | |
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| Directed by | Bryan Foy |
| Written by | Murray Roth Hugh Herbert |
| Starring | Helene Costello Cullen Landis Wheeler Oakman Eugene Pallette |
| Cinematography | Edwin B. DuPar |
| Edited by | Jack Killifer |
| Music by | Louis Silvers |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates | |
Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23,000[3] |
| Box office | $1,252,000[3][1] |
Lights of New York is a 1928 American crime drama film starring Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Wheeler Oakman and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Bryan Foy. Filmed in the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system, it is the first all-talking full-length feature film, released by Warner Bros., who had introduced the first feature-length film with synchronized sound Don Juan, in 1926; and the first with spoken dialogue, The Jazz Singer, in 1927. The film, which cost $23,000 to produce ("B" picture), grossed over $1 million. The enthusiasm with which audiences greeted the talkies was so great that by the end of 1929, Hollywood was producing sound films exclusively.
- ^ a b Eyman, Scott (1997). The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926–1930. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 174–176. ISBN 978-1-4391-0428-6.
- ^ Lights of New York at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551