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Lon Chaney (left).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Night Rose
Also known as Voices of the City in the USA
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5630 feet
Directed by Wallace Worsley
Cast: Leatrice Joy [Georgia Rodman], Lon Chaney [O’Rourke/Duke McGee], John Bowers [District Attorney Graham], Cullen Landis [Jimmy], Richard Tucker [Clancy], [?] Mary Warren and/or Edythe Chapman? [Mrs. Rodman], Betty Schade [Sally], Maurice B. Flynn [Pierson], H. Milton Ross [Courey], John Cossar [Garrison]
Goldwyn Producing Corporation production; distributed by Goldwyn Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Scenario by Arthur F. Statter, from a story by [?] Leroy Scott and/or Gouverneur Morris? / © 5 October 1921 by Goldwyn Producing Corporation [LP17040]. Released December 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Flower of Darkness. The film was banned by New York state censors; the film was recut, the Chaney character’s name was changed to Duke McGee, the film was retitled Voices of the City and then was rereleased in the first half of 1922. [?] Parish-Gangster p. 408 and Website-AFI lists the source story as written by Leroy Scott.
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder: Assassinations - Criminals: Gangsters - Death: Murder - Law: District attorneys - Police: Policemen - USA: California: San Francisco - Witnesses
Listing updated: 28 November 2022.
References: Drew-Speaking pp. 67, 276; Parish-Gangster p. 408-409; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : ClasIm-220 p. 43; ClasIm-240 pp. 43, 47 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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