After Midnight (1927)
What happens along Broadway--That glittering garden of gorgeous girls--when midnight strikes.
When Joe, a hold-up man, tries to rob Mary, a nightclub hostess, she winds winds up knocking him out. She takes pity on him, however, and nurses him back to health. He decides to go straight and marry her. Mary buys a $1000 Liberty Bond as an investment, while Joe saves up and buys a taxi to start his own business. Then Maisie, Mary's wild and money-crazy sister, shows up, which leads to tragedy.
- Date of release
- 1927-08-20
- TMDB
- 8.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Monta Bell
Casting
- Norma Shearer — Mary Miller
- Lawrence Gray — Joe Miller
- Gwen Lee — Maizie
- Eddie Sturgis — Red Smith
- Philip Sleeman — Gus Van Gundy
- Johnny Mack Brown — Party Boy (uncredited)
- Robert Dudley — Sugar Daddy (uncredited)
- Rodney Hildebrandt — Bit Role (uncredited)
- John Kelly — Bit Role (uncredited)
- Pat Somerset — Bit Role (uncredited)
- Bee Stephens — Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Interesting facts
After Midnight is a 1927 American silent drama film written and directed by Monta Bell. The film stars are Norma Shearer and Gwen Lee. A copy of After Midnight is housed in the Cinémathèque Française.
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