{"id":14084,"date":"2025-05-10T19:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T02:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/?p=14084"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T00:31:32","slug":"film-noir-friday-saturday-night-lights-of-new-york-1928","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/?p=14084","title":{"rendered":"Film Noir Friday-Saturday Night: Lights of New York (1928)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/derangedlacrimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lights-of-new-york-pinterest.com-july-1928.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14085\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome! The lobby of the Deranged L.A. Crimes theater is open. Grab a bucket of popcorn, some Milk Duds and a Coke and find a seat. Tonight&#8217;s feature is, THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK (1928), starring Helene Costello, Wheeler Oakman, and Eugene Pallette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first feature film with all synchronous dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TCM says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>When bootleggers Jackson and Dickson, who have been hiding out in a small upstate New York town, learn that they finally can return to New York, they try to convince Eddie Morgan and his friend, a local barber named Gene, to come with them. With a promise from Jackson and Dickson that they will help the young men establish a barbershop in the city, Eddie asks his mother, who owns the town&#8217;s Morgan Hotel, to loan them $5,000 of her savings. 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