Broadway After Dark
| Broadway After Dark | |
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 Lobby card | |
| 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 |
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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]
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
- as Ed Fisher
- Edgar Norton as The Old Actor
- as Vera
- Ethel Browning as The Chorus Girl
- Otto Hoffman as Norton's Valet
- Lew Harvey as Tom Devery
- 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,[5] it is a lost film.
References[]
- ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
- ^ Jacobs & Braum, p. 81
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Broadway After Dark (Wayback)
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway After Dark at silentera.com
- ^ 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[]
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- 1924 films
- American films
- Films directed by Monta Bell
- American silent feature films
- English-language films
- Warner Bros. films
- American black-and-white films
- Lost American films
- American comedy films
- 1924 comedy films
- 1924 lost films
- Lost comedy films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs