Broadway After Dark

Broadway After Dark is a lost[2][3] 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Monta Bell and starring Adolphe Menjou, Norma Shearer, and Anna Q. Nilsson.[4][5]

Broadway After Dark
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Directed byMonta Bell
Produced byHarry Rapf
Written byDouglas Z. Doty
Based onBroadway After Dark
by Owen Davis
CinematographyCharles Van Enger
Production
company
Harry Rapf Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • May 31, 1924 (1924-05-31)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$110,000[1]
Box office$360,000[1]

Cast

Box office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $320,000 domestically and $40,000 foreign.[1]

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References

  1. Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Broadway After Dark
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway After Dark at silentera.com
  4. Jacobs & Braum, p. 81
  5. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Broadway After Dark(Wayback)

Bibliography

  • Jack Jacobs & Myron Braum. The films of Norma Shearer. A. S. Barnes, 1976.


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