Broadway Nights Explained

Broadway Nights
Director:	Joseph C. Boyle
Producer:	Robert Kane
Story:	Norman Houston
Editing:	Paul F. Maschke
Studio:	Robert Kane Productions
Distributor:	First National Pictures
Runtime:	72 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Broadway Nights is a 1927 American lost film.^[1] It was the film debut of June Collyer, Barbara Stanwyck and Ann Sothern.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Sam Hardy as Johnny Fay
• Lois Wilson as Fanny Franchette
• Philip Strange as Bronson
  • De Sacia Mooers as Texas Guinan Barbara Stanwyck and Ann Sothern as fan dancers
• June Collyer and Sylvia Sidney as themselves

Reception

In a contemporary review, critic May Tinee of the Chicago Tribune wrote: "This story of stage life and stage people, author and director presented with genuine insight and understanding. It was full of 'atmosphere' and as human as could be."^[5]

External links

• • • Lantern slide and still at silenthollywood.com

Notes and References

1. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4002/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Broadway Nights
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BroadwayNights1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway Nights
3. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
4. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Broadway Nights at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures
5. News: Tinee . May . 1927-07-03 . Month Sets High Level for Films . 1, Part 6 . Chicago Tribune.