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Wikipedia article'City of Song', also known as 'Farewell to Love', is a 1931 British/German romance film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Betty Stockfeld and Hugh Wakefield.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114012843/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/29547 BFI.org] It was shot at Wembley Studios.Wood p.69 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Oscar Friedrich Werndorff and J. Elder Wills. A German-language version was released in 1930 under the title 'The Singing City'. PlotA tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protg. Cast* Jan Kiepura as Giovanni Cavallone * Betty Stockfeld as Claire Winter * Hugh Wakefield as Hon. Roddy Fielding * Heather Angel as Carmela * Franz Maldacea as Chi, a boy of the streets * Philip Easton as John, an artist * Miles Malleson as Theater Watchman ReferencesBibliography* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986. | |
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