Broadway

Expensive production for its era was noted primarily for camera work in which director Fejos devised a camera crane capable of traveling at every possible angle and at a speed of nearly 600 feet per minute. This allowed for some spectacular shots which gave the film a thrilling tenseness. Bootlegger Ellis murders rival Porcasi, owner of the Paradise Night Club. Kennedy, who witnesses the killing but is covering for the gangster, breaks her silence when Ellis tries to frame Tyron, her dancing partner. She is kidnaped by Ellis but saved by the murdered man's mistress who shoots the villain dead. Kennedy then marries her dancing partner. Magnificent sets--complete wit...