While New York Sleeps
1920, English. Directed by Charles Brabin.
An anthology of three dramas over the course of one evening in New York, with separate characters in each story played in all three by Marc MacDermott and Estelle Taylor. In one, a woman who has married believing her first and wrothless husband has been killed finds him returning to her for blackmail. The second part is the life of a cabaret vamp and a detective tricking each other, while the third story recalls a man who realizes his son's wife is cheating upon him with the man who lives in the apartment above him.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 23 August 1920
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Charles Brabin
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While New York Sleeps runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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While New York Sleeps isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 August 1920. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed While New York Sleeps?
While New York Sleeps (1920) was directed by Charles Brabin and stars Estelle Taylor, William J. Locke, Marc McDermott.