Broadway After Dark

Broadway After Dark
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Directed by	Monta Bell
Written by	Douglas Z. Doty
Based on	Broadway After Dark by Owen Davis
Produced by	Harry Rapf
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Production company	Harry Rapf Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	May 31, 1924 (1924-05-31)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (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

• Adolphe Menjou as Ralph Norton
• Norma Shearer as Rose Dulane
• Anna Q. Nilsson as Helen Tremaine
• Edmund Burns as Jack Devlin
• Carmel Myers as Lenore Vance
• Vera Lewis as Mrs. Smith
• Willard Louis as Slim Scott
• Mervyn LeRoy as Carl Fisher
• James Quinn as Ed Fisher
• Edgar Norton as The Old Actor
• Gladys Tennyson as Vera
• Ethel Browning as The Chorus Girl
• Otto Hoffman as Norton's Valet
• Lew Harvey as Tom Devery
• Michael Dark as George Vance
• Fred Stone as himself, Cameo Appearance
• Dorothy Stone as herself, Cameo Appearance
• Mary Eaton as herself, Cameo Appearance
• Raymond Hitchcock as himself, Cameo Appearance
• Elsie Ferguson as herself, Cameo Appearance
• Florence Moore as herself, Cameo Appearance
• James J. Corbett as himself, Cameo Appearance
• John Steel as himself, Cameo Appearance
• Frank Tinney as himself, Cameo Appearance
• Paul Whiteman as himself, Cameo Appearance
• Irene Castle as herself, Cameo Appearance
• Buster West as himself, Cameo Appearance

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. 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. 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.

External links

• Broadway After Dark at IMDb
• Still at normashearer.com