The City
Film poster
Directed byRoy William Neill
Written byGertrude Orr (scenario / screenplay)
Based onThe City
by Clyde Fitch
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringMay Allison
Robert Frazer
Walter McGrail
Nancy Nash
CinematographyJames Diamond
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 14, 1926 (1926-11-14)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The City is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Roy William Neill and is based on Clyde Fitch's 1909 Broadway play. A previous film on Fitch's play appeared in 1916. This version updated the story to contemporary 1926.[1][2]

Plot

After the death of George Rand Sr., the family breadwinner, a former criminal who has honestly rebuilt his life, his family members move to the city, where George Rand Junior soon finds himself running for mayor. The wife, on the other hand, neglects the family to pursue her social ambitions while young Cicely is tricked by Hannock, a drug addict who is responsible for the death of old Rand. Knowing the dead man's background, Hannock now blackmails George, his son, who eventually gives up his political ambitions and confronts the blackmailer. The latter ends up committing suicide and the family hurries to leave the city to return to the village.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The City located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. ↑ The City as originally produced on Broadway at the Lyric and later Hackett Theatres December 21, 1909 (Lyric) to June 1910 (Hackett); IBDb.com
  3. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. American Film Institute. University of California Press. 1997. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The City
  5. ↑ The City at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: The Lost Films of Fox Film Corporation
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