It seems appropriate that the studio s first full fledged talkie is a gangster yarn a genre wb came to specialize in.
Lights of new york 1928 dvd.
This brisk crime saga tells a stor.
Directed by bryan foy.
With helene costello cullen landis mary carr wheeler oakman.
It s hear the ads wittily declared announcing yet another first from warner bros.
Pushed its vitaphone sound on disc process to the apex an all talkie feature.
The first 100 sound feature length film is a modest little number called lights of new york directed by bryan foy and released by warner in 1928.
A man is framed for the murder of a crime boss.
This film made history as the first all talking motion picture.
Lights of new york is a 1928 american crime drama film starring helene costello cullen landis and eugene pallette and directed by bryan foy filmed in the vitaphone sound on disc sound system it is the first all talking full length feature film released by warner bros who had introduced the first feature length film with synchronized sound don juan two years earlier.
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