June 19, 2013

Films

City of Play – 1929 | 80 mins | Drama | B&W

Plot Synopsis

City of Play

Tambourini (Lawson Butt), a circus showman, has a pretty young trapeze artist called Ariel (Dorothy Bouchier) under his hypnotic power. A young officer tries to free the girl from his influence, but is shot and wounded by his adversary, who is finally killed by a snake unleashed by his discarded mistress.

Production Team

Denison Clift: Director
Claude L McDonnell: Cinematography
Michael Balcon: Producer
Denison Clift: Script
Angus MacPhail: Script

Cast

Patrick Aherne: Richard von Rolf
Chili Bouchier: Ariel
Lawson Butt: Tambourini
James Carew: General von Rolf
Leila Dresner: Zelah
Harold Huth: Arezzi
Olaf Hytten: Schulz



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