Lights of New York (1928) Film Clip 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. The film, which cost $23,000 to produce ("B" picture), grossed over $1,000,000. The enth

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Colleen Moore❤️ in scene from her silent comedy movie “Why Be Good”. Produced by First National Films, 1929. “Why Be Good”is not a completely silent film. The film used the Vitaphone synchronized sound playback system for music, sound effects, and some singing. The Vitaphone system used large record discs that were mechanically synchronized to the playback of the movie projector. The Vitaphone system was superseded by the modern sound on film method a few years later. | ArtDeco.Joe