City Girl

City Girl
Directed by	F.W. Murnau
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Marion Orth, Berthold Viertel Play: Elliott Lester
Starring	Charles Farrell Mary Duncan
Music by	Arthur Kay
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Editing by	H.H. Caldwell Katherine Hilliker
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date(s)	Feb. 16, 1930
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

City Girl is an American 1930 silent film directed by F.W. Murnau. Along with Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 4 Devils and Tabu, these mark Murnau's Hollywood-productions. The director wanted the film to be called Our Daily Bread.^[1]

A version of the film, with some sound elements, was made alongside the silence version.^{[citation needed]} Today the sound version is lost and the silent version is only available on bootlegs.

[edit] Plot Summary

The city girl Kate falls in love with farmer Lem. He takes Kate to his family farm but Kate has trouble being accepted by the family.

[edit] Cast

• Charles Farrell as Lem Tustine
• Mary Duncan as Kate
• David Torrence as Lem's father
• Edith Yorke as Lem's mother
• Anne Shirley as Marie Tustine
• Tom McGuire as Matey
• Richard Alexander as Mac
• Patrick Rooney as Butch

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• City Girl at the Internet Movie Database