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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1203

Lights of Old Broadway

192570 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 71:42
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Monta Bell · Public domain

Synopsis

Twin girls separated after their mother's death grow up in very different New York households. The son of the wealthy family falls in love with the sister raised in poverty. Family opposition places their romance within a city changing under the arrival of electric light.

Cast

Marion Davies

Conrad Nagel

DirectorsMonta Bell

Behind the scenes

Marion Davies plays both sisters in Monta Bell's adaptation of The Merry Wives of Gotham. The production combines several color techniques, including Technicolor and Handschiegl coloring, with the drama of urban modernization.

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Marion Davies — Screenland · Public domain
Conrad Nagel — Edwin Bower Hesser · Public domain

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