

Lights of New York
“The first "All Talking" picture”
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
Genres
Crime, Drama
Studio
The Vitaphone Corporation
Language
en
Status
Released
How Lights of New York performed
Budget
$75,000
Worldwide Gross
$1.2M
Gross Profit
$1.1M
Return
16.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$202K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast

Kitty Lewis
Helene Costello
Kitty Lewis

Eddie Morgan
Cullen Landis
Eddie Morgan

Mrs. Morgan
Mary Carr
Mrs. Morgan

Hawk Miller
Wheeler Oakman
Hawk Miller

Molly Thompson
Gladys Brockwell
Molly Thompson

Detective Crosby
Robert Elliott
Detective Crosby

Gene
Eugene Pallette
Gene

Sam
Tom Dugan
Sam

Collins
Tom McGuire
Collins

Jake Jackson
Walter Percival
Jake Jackson

Tommy (as Guy Dennery)
Guy D'Ennery
Tommy (as Guy Dennery)
Dan Dickson
Jere Delaney
Dan Dickson
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