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, 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.
Home Sweet Homicide is a 1946 American comedy mystery film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott and Lynn Bari. It was based on the 1944 eponymous mystery novel by Craig Rice. Though he would make a further 39 films, Home Sweet Homicide is the second-to-last non-western film of Randolph Scott's career.
Step on It! is a lost 1922 American silent Western film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Hoot Gibson, released by Universal Pictures.
Great Mail Robbery is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz.
Adrienne Dore was an American actress, model, and beauty pageant winner. She was first runner-up in the Miss America 1925 pageant, competing as Miss Los Angeles. Dore went on to have a modest career in motion pictures before retiring in 1934.
Undercover Men is a 1934 Canadian Western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Charles Starrett, Adrienne Dore, Kenne Duncan and Wheeler Oakman. It was made in Toronto by the B-movie company Booth Productions. With a plot following the activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the film contains elements of a Northern.
Kitty Carstairs is a 1917 novel by the British writer John Joy Bell. It was adapted into a 1928 American silent film Beyond London Lights starring Adrienne Dore.
Enticement is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Mary Astor, Clive Brook, and Ian Keith.
Prudence on Broadway is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Olive Thomas. It was produced and distributed by the Triangle Film Corporation.
Merely Players is a lost 1918 silent film drama directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Kitty Gordon and Irving Cummings. It was produced and distributed by World Film Company films.
Whispering Canyon is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Tom Forman and starring Jane Novak, Robert Ellis and Lee Shumway.
Red Lights is a 1923 American silent mystery film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Marie Prevost, Raymond Griffith and Johnnie Walker. The plot concerns a railroad tycoon who is about to be reunited with his daughter who was kidnapped many years ago.
His Fighting Blood is a 1935 American Western film directed by John English and starring Kermit Maynard, Polly Ann Young and Paul Fix. It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art director Fred Preble.
The Phantom's Secret is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by Charles Swickard and starring Hayward Mack, Mignon Anderson and Mark Fenton.
The Love Hunger is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by William P.S. Earle and starring Lillian Walker, Lee Shumway and Herbert Prior.
What Becomes of the Children? is a 1918 American silent film directed by Walter Richard Stahl, with a scenario by Corra Beach. It stars Walter Shumway, Corra Beach, and Morgan Jones.
The Poverty of Riches is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Richard Dix, Leatrice Joy and Louise Lovely. It was based on a 1914 short story by Leroy Scott.
The Big Adventure is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring B. Reeves Eason Jr., Lee Shumway and Gertrude Olmstead.
Lights Out is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Ruth Stonehouse, Walter McGrail and Theodore von Eltz. It is based on the 1922 play Lights Out by Paul Dickey and Mann Page, later adapted into the 1938 film Crashing Hollywood. The remake was more light-hearted than the melodramatic tone of the original.
The Price of Success is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tony Gaudio and starring Alice Lake, Lee Shumway, and Gaston Glass.
