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New York Nights (1929) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1929 · 82 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Lewis Milestone
- Starring
- John Wray, Clarence Muse, Al Jolson, Roscoe Karns, Gilbert Roland, Jean Harlow
Jill Deverne, a star of the all‑talking Picture Show, is married to songwriter Fred Deverne, and they move through Broadway nightlife of parties and cabaret. When a gangster pursues her and Fred spends a night with a floozie, Jill leaves him. She becomes the gangster’s moll, but soon tires of the danger and excess, longing for a simpler, honest life.
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