The City Gone Wild
| The City Gone Wild | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | James Cruze |
| Written by | Jules Furthman (story, scenario) Charles Furthman (scenario) Herman J. Mankiewicz |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Louise Brooks |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels (5,408 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The City Gone Wild is a 1927 American silent crime film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film starred Thomas Meighan, Marietta Millner, and Louise Brooks and was directed by James Cruze.[1][2]
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (January 2024) |
Cast
[edit]- Thomas Meighan as John Phelan
- Marietta Millner as Nada Winthrop
- Louise Brooks as Snuggles Joy
- Fred Kohler as Gunner Gallagher
- Duke Martin as Lefty Schroeder
- Nancy Phillips as Lefty's girl
- Wyndham Standing as Frank Ames
- Charles Hill Mailes as Luther Winthrop
- King Zany as the Bondsman
- Gunboat Smith as the Policeman
Preservation
[edit]The film was shot between June 22 and July 7, 1927 at Paramount’s studio in Hollywood, with location shooting at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Pre-release Paramount production records list the film length at 6 reels (5,601 feet) for the domestic release, and 6 reels (5,390 feet) for the foreign release.[3]
With no prints of The City Gone Wild located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film. The last known copy of this film was nearly saved in the late 1960s by preservationist David Shepard for deposit at AFI. Paramount had also contracted with junk men to haul off their old rusting reels with the film still wound on. Shepard arrived at the studio just as junkmen carted the film off for disposal.
References
[edit]- ^ The City Gone Wild at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ "The City Gone Wild (filmography page)". Louise Brooks Society. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The City Gone Wild
External links
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- 1927 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by James Cruze
- Lost American crime drama films
- Films based on short fiction
- American gangster films
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- Films with screenplays by Herman J. Mankiewicz
- Films with screenplays by Jules Furthman
- American black-and-white films
- 1927 crime drama films
- 1927 lost films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American drama films
- Silent crime drama film stubs