After Midnight(1927)

What happens along Broadway--That glittering garden of gorgeous girls--when midnight strikes.

After Midnight is a silent film about Joe, a petty criminal who attempts to rob Mary, a nightclub hostess. When she overpowers him, Mary shows unexpected mercy and nurses him back to health. Grateful and reformed, Joe proposes marriage and commits to an honest life. The couple builds their future together—Mary invests in Liberty Bonds while Joe scrapes together money for a taxi business. Their fragile happiness unravels when Mary's reckless sister Maisie arrives, bringing her appetite for money and chaos. What follows is a tragic spiral that tests Joe's redemption and threatens to destroy everything they've built.