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City of Play (1929)

City of Play poster
Original title
The City of Play
Directed by
Denison Clift
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This drama follows people living in a big city as they face personal struggles and romantic entanglements. The film mixes silent scenes with a few spoken moments of dialogue and song.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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