Broadway After Midnight (1927)
Melodrama | October 1927
Director:
Fred WindermereWriters:
Adele Buffington, Frederic BartelCinematographer:
Charles DavisProduction Company:
Krelbar Pictures Corp.The title was listed in the 19 Apr 1927 Film Daily as one of several upcoming productions for Krellberg Pictures Corp., recently founded by Sherman S. Krellberg. Former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive Bud Barsky was identified as the company’s vice-president and general manager. The start of principal photography was reported in the 10 Aug 1927 Film Daily. Both partners had since been included in the company’s revised name, Krelbar Pictures Corp.
Broadway After Midnight was released to the states’ rights markets in Nov 1927, according to the 15 Sep 1928 Motion Picture News. However, listings in the 23 Oct 1927 [Detroit, MI] Detroit Free Press and the 26 Oct 1927 [Lebanon, PA] Lebanon Daily News indicated that the film may have been released sooner. New York City openings followed on 31 Oct 1927 at the Tivoli Theatre in Brooklyn, and on 22 Nov 1927 at Loew’s New York Theatre on Broadway.
The 11 Nov 1927 Film Daily noted that the picture was one of six current releases that had been rejected by the Ohio censorship board, which claimed that it set a bad example for children. A review in the 13 Nov 1927 issue basically agreed, stating that it was inappropriate for “juvenile” audiences.
The phrase, “Broadway After Midnight,” was used as a tagline for the 1926 Fox Film Corp. release, Hell’s 400 (see entry). ...
The title was listed in the 19 Apr 1927 Film Daily as one of several upcoming productions for Krellberg Pictures Corp., recently founded by Sherman S. Krellberg. Former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive Bud Barsky was identified as the company’s vice-president and general manager. The start of principal photography was reported in the 10 Aug 1927 Film Daily. Both partners had since been included in the company’s revised name, Krelbar Pictures Corp.
Broadway After Midnight was released to the states’ rights markets in Nov 1927, according to the 15 Sep 1928 Motion Picture News. However, listings in the 23 Oct 1927 [Detroit, MI] Detroit Free Press and the 26 Oct 1927 [Lebanon, PA] Lebanon Daily News indicated that the film may have been released sooner. New York City openings followed on 31 Oct 1927 at the Tivoli Theatre in Brooklyn, and on 22 Nov 1927 at Loew’s New York Theatre on Broadway.
The 11 Nov 1927 Film Daily noted that the picture was one of six current releases that had been rejected by the Ohio censorship board, which claimed that it set a bad example for children. A review in the 13 Nov 1927 issue basically agreed, stating that it was inappropriate for “juvenile” audiences.
The phrase, “Broadway After Midnight,” was used as a tagline for the 1926 Fox Film Corp. release, Hell’s 400 (see entry).
After being forced to marry gangster Quill Burke to protect her brother, nightclub entertainer Queenie Morgan is further pressured into impersonating Gloria Livingston, a socialite who has strayed into the underworld and shot her betrayer, Bodo Lambert. The real Gloria is killed after the gang attempts to obtain money from her parents, and the police trace both killings to Queenie. She is tried for murder, but as the jury is about to deliver a guilty verdict, her maid rushes into the courtroom and reveals the truth. Queenie is released to the waiting arms of her true love, Jimmy ...
After being forced to marry gangster Quill Burke to protect her brother, nightclub entertainer Queenie Morgan is further pressured into impersonating Gloria Livingston, a socialite who has strayed into the underworld and shot her betrayer, Bodo Lambert. The real Gloria is killed after the gang attempts to obtain money from her parents, and the police trace both killings to Queenie. She is tried for murder, but as the jury is about to deliver a guilty verdict, her maid rushes into the courtroom and reveals the truth. Queenie is released to the waiting arms of her true love, Jimmy Crestmore.
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