The City of Beautiful Nonsense (1919 film)
City of Beautiful Nonsense is a 1919 British silent film drama directed by Henry Edwards, who also starred in the film with Chrissie White. The film is based on the best-selling 1909 novel of the same name by E. Temple Thurston and is a tale of a woman intending to marry for financial gain and security, who realises at the last minute that to be true to herself and to have the prospect of a happy future she must instead marry for love. A sound version of the same story was made in 1935 by Adrian Brunel.
| City of Beautiful Nonsense | |
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| Directed by | Henry Edwards |
| Produced by | Cecil Hepworth |
| Written by | E. Temple Thurston |
| Starring | Chrissie White Henry Edwards |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
The film appears to have been well received and popular with audiences and has been described as "the most talked about British film of 1919" and "technically on a par with the current Hollywood imports".[1] A contemporary review in The Bioscope admired Edwards' "poetic embellishments" and "symbolistic touches".[2]
Cast
- Henry Edwards as John Grey
- Chrissie White as Jill Dealtry
- Henry Vibart as Thomas Grey
- Gwynne Herbert as Mrs. Grey
- James Lindsay as Skipworth
- Douglas Munro as Chesterton
- Stephen Ewart as Mr. Dealtry
- Teddy Taylor as Tommy Dealtry
References
- City of Beautiful Nonsense New York Times Movies. Retrieved 05-10-2010
- Henry Edwards BFI Screen Online. Retrieved 05-10-2010
External links
- City of Beautiful Nonsense at IMDb
- City of Beautiful Nonsense at BFI Film& TV Database