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The City of Beautiful Nonsense
(1919) England
B&W : Six reels / 5725 feet
Directed by Henry Edwards

Cast: Henry Edwards [John Grey], Chrissie White [Jill Dealtry], James Lindsay [Mr. Skipworth], Henry Vibart [Thomas Grey], Gwynne Herbert [Mrs. Grey], Douglas Munro [Mr. Chesterton], Stephen Ewart [Mr. Dealtry], Teddy Taylor [?] [Ronnie Dealtry or Tommy Dealtry]?

Hepworth Picture Plays production; distributed by Butcher’s Film Service, Limited. / Produced by Cecil M. Hepworth. From the novel The City of Beautiful Nonsense by E. Temple Thurston. / Released November 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Portions of the production were shot in Venice, Italy.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Variety-19200102 p. 74.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Italy: Venice

Listing updated: 20 August 2018.

References: Gifford-British n. 06782 : Variety-19200102 p. 74 : Website-IMDb.