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.[1] 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.[2]

City of Play
Directed byDenison Clift
Written byDenison Clift
Angus MacPhail
Produced byMichael Balcon
Starring
CinematographyClaude L. McDonnell
Production
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Distributed byWoolf and Freedman
Release date
  • 1 July 1929 (1929-07-01)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Low p.205

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
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