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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1073

New York Nights

192981 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 63:30
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · United Artists · Public domain

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Synopsis

Chorus girl Jill tries to advance her composer husband's career through influential producer Joe Prividi. Her husband's drinking strains the marriage, while the producer's assistance becomes a claim on her affections. An attempt at reconciliation exposes how dangerous Prividi's possessiveness has become.

Cast

Norma Talmadge

DirectorsLewis Milestone

Historical context

Norma Talmadge made her first sound-film appearance in this adaptation of the play Tin Pan Alley. The backstage setting puts the new experience of hearing a major silent star alongside a story about music, ambition and coercion.

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Norma Talmadge — Royal Atalier, N.Y. · Public domain

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