New York | |
Director: | Luther Reed |
Producer: | William LeBaron Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
Screenplay: | Barbara Chambers Becky Gardiner Forrest Halsey |
Starring: | Ricardo Cortez Lois Wilson Estelle Taylor William Powell |
Cinematography: | J. Roy Hunt |
Studio: | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation |
Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
Runtime: | 70 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
New York is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Luther Reed and written by Barbara Chambers, Becky Gardiner, and Forrest Halsey. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor, William Powell, Norman Trevor, and Richard "Skeets" Gallagher. The film was released on January 30, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2] [3] It is considered a lost film.
Bowery musician (Ricardo Cortez) becomes engaged to society heiress (Lois Wilson) and is visited by old sweetheart (Estelle Taylor) whose jealous husband (William Powell) kills her. Musician is tried and found guilty of murder but eventually the truth comes out and he marries the heiress.[4]
With no prints of New York located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]