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The City Beautiful
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Cast: Wallace Reid [the country boy], Dorothy Gish [the city girl]
[?] Biograph Company or The Majestic Motion Picture Company? production; distributed by [?] The General Film Company, Incorporated, or Mutual Film Corporation? / Released 12 July 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Crime.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The country boy, despite the advice of a fellow-townsman, goes to the city, where, after an encounter with a motion picture holdup man, is engaged as property boy in a studio. His fellow-townsman comes to the city when he learns that his wife, from whom he has become estranged, is dying. After his wife’s death the countryman falls in with his wife’s worthless brother and attempts to rob the house where the country boy is living. The landlord’s daughter, who has been a kind friend to the country boy, calls for help when she sees the two men trying to make off with money which her father has entrusted to her. The country boy saves the girl from the tramps, and secures the release of his fellow-townsman, who promises to lead a better life in future.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 April 2025.
References: Weaver-Twenty p. 144 : Website-IMDb.
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