From the African Congo to the smart set of New York! Glamorous Broadway headliner Louanne (Dorothy Mackaill) is ready to say goodbye to her wild stage career to marry a wealthy society suitor. However, during her farewell performance, her past catches up with her when Miguel (Noah Beery), a dangerous Portuguese smuggler from her time dancing in the Congo, unexpectedly confronts her backstage. When a chaotic struggle breaks out in the dressing room, Miguel is fatally shot, entangling Louanne and her former stage partner Wally (Frank Fay) in a high-stakes police investigation. Directed by legendary filmmaker Michael Curtiz (Casablanca), Bright Lights (1930) is a vibrant pre-Code musical thriller filled with wild stage numbers, backstage murder, and high-society romance. Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance 🎬 DIRECTOR Michael Curtiz ✍️ WRITERS Humphrey Pearson — screen version & dialogue Henry McCarty — screen version & dialogue 🎭 CAST Dorothy Mackaill — Louanne Frank Fay — Wally Dean Noah Beery — Miguel Parada Daphne Pollard — Mame Avery James Murray — Connie Lamont Tom Dugan — Tom Avery Inez Courtney — Peggy North Frank McHugh — A. Hamilton Fish Edmund Breese — Harris Edward J. Nugent (as Eddie Nugent) — ‘Windy’ Jones Philip Strange — Emerson Fairchild 🎬 ALSO KNOWN AS (AKA) Bright Lights 🎬 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇮🇳 🇮🇪 🇳🇿 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Adventures in Africa (TV Title) 🇺🇸