City of Play (1929)

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

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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