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Poster for New York

New York

1927 · 70 min

A silent melodrama that sweeps you through class divides and jealous rage with earnest intensity and vintage charm.

Directed by
Luther Reed
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ricardo Cortez, Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor
Tagline
When a girl of "the four-hundred" falls in love with a boy of "the seven million."
Overview
A product of the Bowery, Trent Regan grows up to become a powerful gangster. Regan's girlfriend Angie Miller, hearing that her childhood sweetheart (and Regan's lifelong pal) Mike Cassidy is about to marry Marjorie Church, pays a visit to Mike to offer congratulations. Convinced that Angie is fooling around behind his back, Regan accidentally kills her. A lost film.

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Directed by
Luther Reed
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ricardo Cortez, Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Luther Reed
Written by
Forrest Halsey
Starring
Ricardo Cortez, Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor, William Powell, Norman Trevor, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Margaret Quimby, Lester Sharpe
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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