The Opening Night (1927)
Drama | 14 November 1927
Director:
Edward H. GriffithWriters:
Edward H. Griffith, Albert Payson TerhuneProducer:
Harry CohnCinematographer:
Ray JuneProduction Designer:
Robert E. LeeProduction Company:
Hollywood PicturesWhen a theatrical producer, believed to be drowned during a storm at sea, turns up as a lonely, broken amnesiac 3 months later, he arrives just in time to see his wife marrying her leading man. Rather than mar their happiness, he keeps his identity secret and takes a job washing automobiles. When he sees his own Rolls-Royce pull up for service, as a final dramatic gesture he climbs into the car and, picking up the speaking aparatus, murmurs to the absent chauffeur, "Home." He then drops ...
When a theatrical producer, believed to be drowned during a storm at sea, turns up as a lonely, broken amnesiac 3 months later, he arrives just in time to see his wife marrying her leading man. Rather than mar their happiness, he keeps his identity secret and takes a job washing automobiles. When he sees his own Rolls-Royce pull up for service, as a final dramatic gesture he climbs into the car and, picking up the speaking aparatus, murmurs to the absent chauffeur, "Home." He then drops dead.
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