New York (1927)
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Filmed on location in Manhattan, the 1927 silent New York explores themes later developed more fully in such films as Manhattan Melodrama and Once Upon a Time in America. A product of the Bowery, Trent Regan (William Powell) grows up to become a powerful gangster. Regan's girlfriend Angie Miller (Esther Ralston), hearing that her childhood sweetheart (and Regan's lifelong pal) Mike Cassidy (Ricardo Cortez) is about to marry Marjorie Church (Lois Wilson), pays a visit to Mike to offer congratulations. Convinced that Angie is fooling around behind his back, Regan accidentally kills her. When Mike is charged with the murder, Regan, feeling that "justice" has been served, keeps silent. Ultimately, however, Mike is cleared, and Regan is trapped by the testimony of their mutual chum Buck (Skeets Gallegher). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ricardo Cortez - Michael Angelo Cassidy
- Estelle Taylor - Angie Miller
- Norman Trevor - Rondolph Church
- Margaret Quimby - Helena Matthews
- Charles Byer - Jimmie Wharton
- Lois Wilson - Marjorie Church
- William Powell - Trent Regan
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher - Buck
- Lester Scharff - Izzy Blumenstein
- Director(s):
- Luther Reed
- Writer(s):
- Forrest Halsey
- Producer(s):
- Adolph Zukor, Jesse Lasky
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