Lights of New York is a silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Van Dyke Brooke

Van Dyke Brooke

Van Dyke Brooke was an early American film director, whose works include The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln and Lights of New York .-External links:...

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Plot

Hoping to improve his financial lot, petty thief Hawk Chovinski hires a dancing instructor to teach him how to bear himself like a gentleman. His lessons completed, Hawk then poses as a European nobleman, intending to trap a wealthy wife. Yolande Cowles sees through Hawk's pose but falls in love with him anyway.

Film Preservation

It's unknown if a copy of the film survives, but this movie is not on the list of lost films on silentera.com, so there is a chance this move survives.

Cast

• Leah Baird
  Leah Baird
  Leah Baird was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter.-Life:She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks...
  
   as Yolande Cowles
• Walter McGrail
  Walter McGrail
  Walter McGrail was an American film actor. He appeared in over 150 films between 1916 and 1951.He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in San Francisco, California, at the age of 81.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Hawk Chovinski
• Arthur Cozine as Skelly
• Adele DeGarde as Poppy Brown
• Leila Blow as Mrs. Cowles
• Agnes Wadleigh as Mrs. Cropsey
• Donald Cameron as Martin Drake (as Don Cameron)
• Edwina Robbins as Mrs. Blossom
• John Costello