City of Play | |
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Directed by | Denison Clift |
Written by | Denison Clift Angus MacPhail |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Claude L. McDonnell |
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Distributed by | Woolf and Freedman |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English |
City of Play is a 1929 British part-talkie sound drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Chili Bouchier, Patrick Aherne and Lawson Butt.[1] It was made by Gainsborough Pictures and produced by Michael Balcon. The film featured a few sequences with dialogue and singing while the remaining film used English intertitles along with a musical score and sound effects.[2]
Cast
- Chili Bouchier as Ariel
- Patrick Aherne as Richard von Rolf
- Lawson Butt as Tambourini
- James Carew as Gen. von Rolf
- Harold Huth as Arezzi
- Andrews Engelmann as Colonel von Lessing
- Leila Dresner as Zelah
- Olaf Hytten as Schulz
See also
References
Bibliography
- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
External links
- City of Play at IMDb