Lights of Old Broadway

Lights of Old Broadway

A great picture of the days when Broadway was a lover's lane!

1925 · 72 min · ★ 6.8 · Romance, Drama

Adapted from the play The Merry Wives of Gotham, twin sisters are separated at birth - one of them becomes a society girl in New York, the other lives in the Irish slums.

Directed by Monta Bell · Written by Carey Wilson

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