Voices of the City (also known as The Night Rose, its intended original release title) is a 1921 American silent crime drama film starring Leatrice Joy and Lon Chaney that was directed by Wallace Worsley, based on the Leroy Scott novel The Night Rose. The film took more than 9 months to be released due to a controversy over the proposed title and the film's abundance of gunplay. The film was retitled Voices of the City and was only released in December 1921, although it had been completed in early March. The film is still listed under The Night Rose in some reference sources.

Plot

While at the seedy Blue Jay cafe in San Francisco with her sweetheart Jimmy Halloran (Cullen Landis), Georgia Rodman (Leatrice Joy) is a witness to the murder of a policeman by Red O'Rourke's gang. Georgia and Jimmy are regarded as accessories to the slaying and begin looking for them to question them. Georgia's mother throws her out of her house for consorting with lowlifes. Offering to hide the couple, Red O'Rourke (Lon Chaney) actually plans to kill Jimmy so he can't testify against him. O'Rourke tells Georgia the police are looking for her so that she remains hidden during the day. She becomes known as the "Night Rose" because she only comes out at night, wearing a veil.