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The City
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Theodore W. Wharton

Cast: Thurlow Bergen, William Riley Hatch, Elsie Esmond, Bessie E. Wharton, Richard Stewart, Allan Murnane

F. Ray Comstock Photoplay Company production; distributed by World Film Corporation. / Scenario by Theodore W. Wharton, from the play The City by Clyde Fitch. / © 4 December 1916 by World Film Corporation [LU9674]. Released 17 January 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0700.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 October 2010.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0700.