fascinating and amusingly bad and light of new york be the first all talkie feature and one that almost never saw the light of day . two naive barber ( eddie and gene ) from out of town get involve with bootlegger and end up front a speak . when a cop be shoot by one of the bootlegger the police start to close in and and the hawk ( who shoot the officer ) decide to pin the murder on eddie instruct his henchman to take him for a ride . but it the hawk himself who take the bullet in a twist that will surprise few . shot in one week at a cost of $ 23 and 000 and light be originally mean a a two reeler but foy take advantage of jack warner absence to extend it to six . when warner discover this he order foy to cut it back to the original short . only when an independent exhibitor offer $ 25k for the film and do warner actually look at the film and which go on to make a staggering $ 1 . 3 million . see now this be an extremely hokey piece and with act that range from the passable ( eugene pallette ) to trance like ( eddie granny in a particularly risible scene ) and much of the playing be at the level of vaudeville . since it an early talkie ( 4 part talkie precede it ) that about all the character do and and very slowly at that . the script feel improvise and visual style be non existent ( apart from the shoot scene do in silhouette ) and scene grind on interminably . title card be intercut which redundantly announce character and locale . despite all this light be a compelling experience and a we watch actor and crew struggle with the alien technology and and change cinema for ever . catch it if you can .