The Midnight Taxi (1928)
- Directed by
- John G. Adolfi
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A taxi driver gets caught up in a criminal scheme in the city. The film mixes silent sequences with spoken dialogue and sound effects.
tensenoirishearly soundatmosphericmysteriousdramaticurban
What happens
The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 American early sound part-talkie thriller film from Warner Bros. Pictures 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. According to the Library of Congress, a copy of the film is extant at the British Film Institute's National Film and Television Archive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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