Broadway After Dark

Broadway After Dark
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Directed byMonta Bell
Written byDouglas Z. Doty
Based onBroadway After Dark
by Owen Davis
Produced byHarry Rapf
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Production
company
Harry Rapf Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 31, 1924 (1924-05-31)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$110,000[1]
Box office$360,000[1]

Broadway After Dark is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Monta Bell and starring Adolphe Menjou, Norma Shearer, and Anna Q. Nilsson.[2][3][4]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[5] Rose Dulane, a waitress at a restaurant, is fascinated by a man to whom she confides that she is guilty of a petty theft. He is a detective and arrests her. She serves time and, upon release, finally lands a job in a minor theatrical boarding house. There she meets Ralph Norton, a well-to-do Broadway rounder, having a look at life in a less luxurious atmosphere. Norton is attracted by Rose and they attend the Actors' Equity ball. He proves to be her friend, rescues her from the detective's persecutions, and wins her love.

Cast

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $320,000 domestically and $40,000 foreign.[1]

Preservation

With no copies of Broadway After Dark in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ a b c 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 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ Jacobs & Braum, p. 81
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Broadway After Dark (Wayback)
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway After Dark at silentera.com
  5. ^ Pardy, George T. (May 3, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Broadway After Dark". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 32. Retrieved November 23, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Broadway After Dark

Bibliography

  • Jack Jacobs & Myron Braum. The films of Norma Shearer. A. S. Barnes, 1976.
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