City of Play
Encyclopedia
City of Play is a 1929 British 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
. It was made partly in sound
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Denison Clift
Denison Clift
Denison Clift was an American screenwriter and film director. He directed a number of British films during the silent era.-Selected filmography:Director* A Woman of No Importance * Sonia * Demos...
and starring Chili Bouchier
Chili Bouchier
Chili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a...
, Patrick Aherne
Patrick Aherne
Patrick Aherne was a British film actor. He was the brother of the actor Brian Aherne.-Selected filmography:* The Ball of Fortune * Thou Fool * Huntingtower...
and Lawson Butt
Lawson Butt
W. Lawson Butt was a British actor and film director of the silent era.-Selected filmography:Actor* Dante's Inferno * The Chicago Fire * The Beloved Rogue * Old San Francisco Director...
. It was made by Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London. Gainsborough Studios were active between 1924 and 1951. Built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway it...
and produced by Michael Balcon
Michael Balcon
Sir Michael Elias Balcon was an English film producer, known for his work with Ealing Studios.-Background:...
. It was made partly in sound
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
.
Cast
- Chili BouchierChili BouchierChili Bouchier , later known as Dorothy Bouchier, was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and went on to many screen appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre later in her career.She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a...
- Ariel - Patrick AhernePatrick AhernePatrick Aherne was a British film actor. He was the brother of the actor Brian Aherne.-Selected filmography:* The Ball of Fortune * Thou Fool * Huntingtower...
- Richard von Rolf - Lawson ButtLawson ButtW. Lawson Butt was a British actor and film director of the silent era.-Selected filmography:Actor* Dante's Inferno * The Chicago Fire * The Beloved Rogue * Old San Francisco Director...
- Tambourini - James CarewJames CarewJames Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...
- Gen. von Rolf - Harold HuthHarold HuthHarold Huth was a British actor, film director and producer. Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire in 1892. He made his screen debut as an actor in the 1928 film One of the Best and followed it up with the role of Captain Nolan in the film Balaclava about the Charge of the Light Brigade. He directed his...
- Arezzi - Andrews Engelmann - Colonel von Lessing
- Leila Dresner - Zelah
- Olaf HyttenOlaf HyttenOlaf Hytten was a Scottish film actor. He appeared in over 280 films between 1921 and 1955.He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack...
- Schulz