New York (1927 film)

New York is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Luther Reed and written by Barbara Chambers, Becky Gardiner, and Forrest Halsey. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Lois Wilson, Estelle Taylor, William Powell, Norman Trevor, and Richard "Skeets" Gallagher. The film was released on January 30, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3] It is considered a lost film.

New York
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Directed byLuther Reed
Screenplay byBarbara Chambers
Becky Gardiner
Forrest Halsey
Produced byWilliam LeBaron
Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringRicardo Cortez
Lois Wilson
Estelle Taylor
William Powell
CinematographyJ. Roy Hunt
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 30, 1927 (1927-01-30)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

Bowery musician (Ricardo Cortez) becomes engaged to society heiress (Lois Wilson) and is visited by old sweetheart (Estelle Taylor) whose jealous husband (William Powell) kills her. Musician is tried and found guilty of murder but eventually the truth comes out and he marries the heiress.[4]

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of New York located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]

References
  1. "Movie Review - New York - THE SCREEN - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  2. "New York". afi.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. Progressive Silent Film List: New York at silentera.com
  4. The Moving Picture World (5 Feb. 1927) p. 446.
  5. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: New York
  6. "New York at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: lost Paramount films - 1927". Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
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