The City of Beautiful Nonsense (1919 film)

City of Beautiful Nonsense
City of Beautiful Nonsense
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Written by	E. Temple Thurston
Produced by	Cecil Hepworth
Starring	Chrissie White; Henry Edwards
Production; company	Hepworth Picture Plays
Release date	1919;
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent film; English intertitles

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.

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

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[1] City of Beautiful Nonsense New York Times Movies. Retrieved 05-10-2010

[2] Henry Edwards BFI Screen Online. Retrieved 05-10-2010

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