Night Life of New York

1925 film by Allan Dwan

  • August 3, 1925 (1925-08-03)
Running time
80 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Night Life of New York is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Paul Schofield and Edgar Selwyn. The film stars Rod La Rocque, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy Gish, Helen Lee Worthing, George Hackathorne, and Arthur Housman. The film was released on August 3, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews,[3] discouraged with his ne’er do well son, Ronald, John Bentley consents to a plot to send him to New York City where it is planned to get him into as much trouble as possible so that he will soon want to leave the metropolis. Ronald gets mixed up in a jewel robbery, fights in a night club, is arrested, figures in the thrilling capture of a yeggman and, being found innocent, returns to Iowa with his telephone operator bride.

Cast

  • Rod La Rocque as Ronald Bentley
  • Ernest Torrence as John Bentley
  • Dorothy Gish as Meg
  • Helen Lee Worthing as Carrie Reed
  • George Hackathorne as Jimmy
  • Arthur Housman as Jerry
  • Riley Hatch as William Workman
  • Texas Guinan (uncredited)

Preservation

With no prints of Night Life of New York located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ "Night Life of New York". The New York Times. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ^ "Night Life of New York". afi.com. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Night Life of New York", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (8), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 50, August 16, 1925, retrieved July 20, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Night Life of New York

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