The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 American early sound part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costello, and Myrna Loy. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system.
| The Midnight Taxi | |
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| Directed by | John G. Adolfi |
| Written by | Freddie Foy (writer) Joseph Jackson (titles) |
| Screenplay by | Harvey Gates (& adaptation) |
| Story by | "Gregory Rogers" (Darryl F. Zanuck) |
| Starring | Antonio Moreno Helen Costello Myrna Loy |
| Cinematography | Frank Kesson |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) (English Intertitles) |
According to the Library of Congress, it has a completed copy of the film and found at British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive.[1][2][3]
Cast
edit- Antonio Moreno as Tony Driscoll
- Helene Costello as Nan Parker
- Myrna Loy as Gertie Fairfax
- William Russell as Joseph Brant
- Tommy Dugan as Al Corvini
- Bobby Agnew as Jack Madigan
- Pat Hartigan as Detective Blake
- Jack Santoro as Lefty
- William Hauber as Squint
- Paul Kreuger as Dutch
- Spencer Bell as Rastus
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