Broadway After Dark

Broadway After Dark
Broadway After Dark
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Directed by	Monta Bell
Written by	Douglas Z. Doty
Based on	Broadway After Dark; by Owen Davis
Produced by	Harry Rapf
Cinematography	Charles Van Enger
Production; company	Harry Rapf Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	May 31, 1924;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$110,000
Box office	$360,000

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

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[5] Rose Dulane, a waitress at a restaurant, is fascinated by a man to whom she confides that she is guilty of a petty theft. He is a detective and arrests her. She serves time and, upon release, finally lands a job in a minor theatrical boarding house. There she meets Ralph Norton, a well-to-do Broadway rounder, having a look at life in a less luxurious atmosphere. Norton is attracted by Rose and they attend the Actors' Equity ball. He proves to be her friend, rescues her from the detective's persecutions, and wins her love.

Cast

Adolphe Menjou as Ralph Norton
Norma Shearer as Rose Dulane
Anna Q. Nilsson as Helen Tremaine
Edmund Burns as Jack Devlin
Carmel Myers as Lenore Vance
Vera Lewis as Mrs. Smith
Willard Louis as Slim Scott
Mervyn LeRoy as Carl Fisher
James Quinn as Ed Fisher
Edgar Norton as The Old Actor
Gladys Tennyson as Vera
Ethel Browning as The Chorus Girl
Otto Hoffman as Norton's Valet
Lew Harvey as Tom Devery
Michael Dark as George Vance
Fred Stone as himself, Cameo Appearance
Dorothy Stone as herself, Cameo Appearance
Mary Eaton as herself, Cameo Appearance
Raymond Hitchcock as himself, Cameo Appearance
Elsie Ferguson as herself, Cameo Appearance
Florence Moore as herself, Cameo Appearance
James J. Corbett as himself, Cameo Appearance
John Steel as himself, Cameo Appearance
Frank Tinney as himself, Cameo Appearance
Paul Whiteman as himself, Cameo Appearance
Irene Castle as herself, Cameo Appearance
Buster West as himself, Cameo Appearance

Box office

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

Preservation

With no copies of Broadway After Dark in any film archives,^[6] it is a lost film.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 3 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
^ Jacobs & Braum, p. 81
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Broadway After Dark (Wayback)
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Broadway After Dark at silentera.com
^ Pardy, George T. (May 3, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Broadway After Dark". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 32. Retrieved November 23, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Broadway After Dark