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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] -- the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in just eight days, on a $23,000 budget, and grossed over $1,200,000 despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies [[MediaNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] -- the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in just eight days, on a $23,000 budget, and grossed over $1,200,000 despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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* ShowDontTell: Averted. The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive dialogues, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definitely one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
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* ShowDontTell: Averted. TalkingHeads: The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive dialogues, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definitely one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in eight days, on a $23,000 budget, and grossed over $1,200,000 despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in just eight days, on a $23,000 budget, and grossed over $1,200,000 despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a $23,000 budget, and grossed over $1,200,000 despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 eight days, on a $23,000 budget, and grossed over $1,200,000 despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a 23 000$ budget, and grossed over 1 200 000$ despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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''Lights of New York'' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a 23 000$ $23,000 budget, and grossed over 1 200 000$ $1,200,000 despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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'''Lights of New York''' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a 23 000$ budget, and grossed over 1 200 000$ despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about quality.
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* ShowDontTell: Averted. The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive dialogues, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definately one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
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* ShowDontTell: Averted. The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive dialogues, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definately definitely one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
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'''Lights of New York''' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a 23 000$ budget, and grossed over 1 200 000$ despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about the movie' quality.
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'''Lights of New York''' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a 23 000$ budget, and grossed over 1 200 000$ despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about the movie' quality.
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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Part of the movie as set in a cabaret, so director put in a song number with zero plot significance.
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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Part of the movie as is set in a cabaret, night club, so director put in a song number with zero plot significance.
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* ShowDontTell: Averted. The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definately one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
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* ShowDontTell: Averted. The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive, repetitive dialogues, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definately one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
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* IfICantHaveYou: Molly states this as her reason for killing Hawk: "When he told me he ws through with me, I made up my mind he was through with all women".
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* IfICantHaveYou: Molly states this as her reason for killing Hawk: "When he told me he ws was through with me, I made up my mind he was through with all women".
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* TakeThat: To all the silent movies (that weren't actually ''silent'': while lacking speech, they were accompanied by music). The first scene starts with a closeup of a playing radio, then a bootlegger walks in and tells his partner to "shut up that music".
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''''Lights of New York'''' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a 23 000$ budget, and grossed over 1 200 000$ despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about the movie' quality.
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[[caption-width-right:300:"''This is a story of Main Street and Broadway -- a story that might have been torn out of last night's newspaper''"]]
'''Lights of New
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''''Lights of New York'''' is a 1928 [[UsefulNotes/RiseOfTheTalkies talkie]] — the [[Main/TropeMakers first]] full-length movie to feature a completely synchronized dialogue. It was the debut film by Brian Foy, who later became the head of the [[BMovie B-unit]] at the Warner Brothers and proceeded to turn out over 20 movies each year for next two decades, earning the nickname "Keeper of the B's". The movie was shot in 8 days, on a 23 000$ budget, and grossed over 1 200 000$ despite being [[CriticProof torn into pieces by critics]]. The title of the first all-talking movie was [[JustHereForGodzilla an attraction big enough]] not to worry about the movie' quality.
The story itself is a crime drama. Two bootleggers, hiding in Upstate New York, plan to return to Broadway. They convince a young guy Eddy and his friend, the local barber, to join them and open a barber shop in New York. Too late Eddy finds out that their business is just a front for an illegal booze store. Eddy is in love with a girl from his town, Kitty, who had moved to New York before him and now performs at a night club, owned by a gangster named Hawk who controls the bootlegging business behind the barber shop. Hawk makes advances towards Kitty, dismissing his old-time mistress Molly.
During a bootlegging raid, a policeman is killed, and Hawk decides to frame Eddy for it. Kitty overhears and warns Eddie. When Hawk arrives to the barber shop, Eddie confronts him, Hawk pulls a gun, but someone shoots him from behind the door and runs. Before they can dispose of the body, the police arrives, so they disguise it as a sleeping customer. Eddy runs while the barber tries to fool the policemen, but they find the corpse and he tells him everything he knows.
Eddie and Kitty are preparing to flee the town, but police detectives come after them, accusing Eddie of murder. Before he's arrested, Molly arrives and confesses that it was her who killed Hawk for dumping her (it's strongly implied she's taking Kitty's blame, though it's left ambiguous), and that it was Hawk who killed the policeman. The detective arrests her and advises Eddie and Kitty to leave the city, which they do.
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!!''Lights of New York'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnAesop: Delivered by Eddie in the final dialogue with the detective: "We want to do right to each other and everyone else. There's no luck in anything else".
* AsYouKnow: Right in the first scene and several times after that.
* ChekhovsGun: A literal gun that Eddie gives Kitty for self-defense. Later Hawk is killed with this pistol either by Kitty or by Molly who claims she had stolen it from Kitty's dressing room.
* DeadlyEuphemism: Hawk instructs the bootleggers to murder Eddie, first saying "Make him disappear", and then delivering a LargeHam in form of later parodied "Take him... For... A ride".
* IfICantHaveYou: Molly states this as her reason for killing Hawk: "When he told me he ws through with me, I made up my mind he was through with all women".
* HollywoodDarkness: The dark night when the policeman is killed is bright enough for the viewer to see sharp shadows on the wall.
* LamePunReaction: There's a scene where a bypasser asks a cop where's the other side of the Broadway, and, when shown, answers that it's strange: people there just told him this side was the other one. The policeman is not amused.
* OfCorpseHesAlive: Barber tries to disguise dead Hawk as a customer, shaving him, talking to him and pretending he's asleep. Unfortunately, the body drops from the chair.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: The scene of the policeman being killed.
* ShowDontTell: Averted. The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definately one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Part of the movie as set in a cabaret, so director put in a song number with zero plot significance.
The story itself is a crime drama. Two bootleggers, hiding in Upstate New York, plan to return to Broadway. They convince a young guy Eddy and his friend, the local barber, to join them and open a barber shop in New York. Too late Eddy finds out that their business is just a front for an illegal booze store. Eddy is in love with a girl from his town, Kitty, who had moved to New York before him and now performs at a night club, owned by a gangster named Hawk who controls the bootlegging business behind the barber shop. Hawk makes advances towards Kitty, dismissing his old-time mistress Molly.
During a bootlegging raid, a policeman is killed, and Hawk decides to frame Eddy for it. Kitty overhears and warns Eddie. When Hawk arrives to the barber shop, Eddie confronts him, Hawk pulls a gun, but someone shoots him from behind the door and runs. Before they can dispose of the body, the police arrives, so they disguise it as a sleeping customer. Eddy runs while the barber tries to fool the policemen, but they find the corpse and he tells him everything he knows.
Eddie and Kitty are preparing to flee the town, but police detectives come after them, accusing Eddie of murder. Before he's arrested, Molly arrives and confesses that it was her who killed Hawk for dumping her (it's strongly implied she's taking Kitty's blame, though it's left ambiguous), and that it was Hawk who killed the policeman. The detective arrests her and advises Eddie and Kitty to leave the city, which they do.
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!!''Lights of New York'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AnAesop: Delivered by Eddie in the final dialogue with the detective: "We want to do right to each other and everyone else. There's no luck in anything else".
* AsYouKnow: Right in the first scene and several times after that.
* ChekhovsGun: A literal gun that Eddie gives Kitty for self-defense. Later Hawk is killed with this pistol either by Kitty or by Molly who claims she had stolen it from Kitty's dressing room.
* DeadlyEuphemism: Hawk instructs the bootleggers to murder Eddie, first saying "Make him disappear", and then delivering a LargeHam in form of later parodied "Take him... For... A ride".
* IfICantHaveYou: Molly states this as her reason for killing Hawk: "When he told me he ws through with me, I made up my mind he was through with all women".
* HollywoodDarkness: The dark night when the policeman is killed is bright enough for the viewer to see sharp shadows on the wall.
* LamePunReaction: There's a scene where a bypasser asks a cop where's the other side of the Broadway, and, when shown, answers that it's strange: people there just told him this side was the other one. The policeman is not amused.
* OfCorpseHesAlive: Barber tries to disguise dead Hawk as a customer, shaving him, talking to him and pretending he's asleep. Unfortunately, the body drops from the chair.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: The scene of the policeman being killed.
* ShowDontTell: Averted. The film is notorious for consisting almost entirely of long, repetitive, acted either wooden or hammy. As a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SI9IGu6tE modern reviewer]] put it, "It's definately one of the very few films that lives up to its advertising. When it said 'the first 100% all talking picture', it meant it".
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Part of the movie as set in a cabaret, so director put in a song number with zero plot significance.
