''Night Life of New York'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by Allan Dwan and written by Paul Schofield and Edgar Selwyn. The film stars Rod La Rocque,

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. The film was released on August 3, 1925, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, discouraged with his ne’er do well son, Ronald, John Bentley consents to a plot to send him to New York City where it is planned to get him into as much trouble as possible so that he will soon want to leave the metropolis. Ronald gets mixed up in a jewel robbery, fights in a night club, is arrested, figures in the thrilling capture of a yeggman and, being found innocent, returns to Iowa with his telephone operator bride.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of ''Night Life of New York'' located in any film archives,The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Night Life of New York''
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