City Girl (1930)
City Girl (1930)
BDRip | MKV | 570x480 | x264 @ 3087 Kbps | 88 min | 2,35 Gb
Audio: Score AC3 5.1 @ 640 Kbps with English intertitles
Genre: Drama, Romance
BDRip | MKV | 570x480 | x264 @ 3087 Kbps | 88 min | 2,35 Gb
Audio: Score AC3 5.1 @ 640 Kbps with English intertitles
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director: F.W. Murnau
Writers: Elliott Lester (play), Berthold Viertel (adaptation)
Stars: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence
Lem goes to Chicago to sell the wheat his family has grown on their farm in Minnesota. There he meets the waitress Kate. They fall in love and get married before going back to the farm. Kate is accepted by Lem’s mother and kid sister but is rejected by his father, who believes she married for the money. (And the fact that Lem didn’t get a fair price for the wheat is her fault too). The reapers arrive and quickly they make things even more complicated by making their move on Kate. Lem misunderstands the situation and believes Kate is actually interested. In despair Kate leaves the farm and Lem goes looking for her.
I was so astonished by this movie that as soon as "The End" came up, I started watching it all over again. For one thing, the restoration of this forgotten classic was so stunning it was like watching a black and white movie made an hour ago. Each scene simply glowed with amazing grays and whites and charcoals. Mary Duncan as the 'City Gir' was absolutely enchanting. She was a sweet, young girl who was also feisty and was so believable and likable that she became someone you'd love to know. The movie's great loss is that she made only one other movie, 'Morning Glory" before leaving the screen to marry millionaire polo player. She only died recently at the age of 92 She was matched by silent screen great Charles Farrell who had t difficult role of Lem, who was also simple, sweet but manly, too. Although released in l930, this film confirms how incredibly smooth and profound silent movies had become. Director Murnau brilliantly cast and directed this amazing drama–proving to one and all what a profound loss silent movies became when they were overtaken by those noisy talkies. You should definitely check out this masterpiece and be amazed
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City Girl (1930)
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