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The City (1926 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The City' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4304/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'The City'] 1926 silent 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 has been updated to contemporary 1926.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute ,c.1971[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefox.html 'The City' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: 'The Lost Films of Fox Film Corporation'][http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=6881 'The City' as originally produced on Broadway at the Lyric and later Hackett Theatres December 21, 1909(Lyric) to June 1910(Hackett); IBDb.com]
Plot
After the death of Rand, the breadwinner, a former criminal who has honestly rebuilt his life, his family members move to the city, where 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
*May Allison as Elinor Voorhees
*Robert Frazer - George Rand Jr.
*George Irving - George Rand Sr.
*Lillian Elliott - Mrs. Elliott
*Walter McGrail - Jim Hannock
*Richard Walling - Chad Morris
*Nancy Nash as Cicely Rand
*Melbourne MacDowell - Vorhees
*Bodil Rosing - Sarah
*Fred Walton
See also
*1937 Fox vault fire
References
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