The Beautiful City is a 1925 American drama film directed by Kenneth Webb and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, and William Powell.[1] For their mother's sake, a man takes the blame for a robbery committed by his brother and his brother's gangster boss.

The Beautiful City
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Directed by	Kenneth Webb
Written by	C. Graham Baker (screenplay and titles) Don Bartlett (screenplay and titles) Violet E. Powell (adaptation)
Story by	Edmund Goulding
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Dorothy Gish William Powell
Cinematography	Stuart Kelson Roy Overbaugh
Edited by	William Hamilton
Production company	Inspiration Pictures
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	October 25, 1925 (1925-10-25)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cast

• Richard Barthelmess as Tony Gillardi
• Dorothy Gish as Mollie
• William Powell as Nick Di Silva
• Frank Puglia as Carlo Gillardi
• Florence Auer as Mama Gillardi

Reception

Mordaunt Hall gave a generally unfavorable review in The New York Times, calling The Beautiful City "quite a disappointing production. ... the story would have to be greatly improved to make it entertaining."[2] However, he did note that, "William Powell makes the villainy as impressive as possible."[2]

Preservation

With no prints of The Beautiful City located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Beautiful City (1925 film).

• The Beautiful City at IMDb
• The Beautiful City at the TCM Movie Database
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Still with Richard Barthelmess at gettyimages.com

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