City Girl

1930
Passed
1h 30m

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A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.

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7.7/10

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Charles Farrell

Lem Tustine

Mary Duncan

Kate

David Torrence

Mr. J.L. Tustine

Edith Yorke

Mrs. J.L. Tustine Blair

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Reaper
(as Guinn Williams)

Anne Shirley

Marie Tustine
(as Dawn O'Day)

Tom McGuire

Matey

Richard Alexander

Patrick Rooney

Butch
(as Pat Rooney)

Ed Brady

Reaper

Roscoe Ates

Reaper

Marjorie Beebe

Waitress
(uncredited)

Eddie Boland

Reaper
(uncredited)

Joe Brown

Cafe Patron
(uncredited)

Harry Gripp

Reaper
(uncredited)

Mark Hamilton

Greasy the Reaper
(uncredited)

Werner Klingler

Reaper
(uncredited)

Charles Lane

Man at Train Station
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Director F.W. Murnau wanted the title of the film to be "Our Daily Bread", but the studio refused. Murnau's working title was the title used in several European countries' distribution.

Goofs
Each time Lem's father, Kate, and Mac storm out of the farmhouse after Kate bandages Mac's hand, the shadow of the screen door moves across the "sky" backdrop.

Quotes
Kate: Life on a farm must be wonderful!

Alternate versions
There is a silent version, shot by F.W. Murnau, and a part-talkie sound version, with music and parts re-shot by two directors hired by the studio, after Murnau's refusal to do so. The sound version is now considered lost. The silent version was restored and edited in DVD and Blu-Ray with an original score added in August 2008.

Connections
Featured in Murnau, Borzage and Fox (2008)

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9/10

This movie you really have to watch...

Excellent actors, good music, NO STUPID DIALOGUE and a story I was really interested in. The supporting actors had personality, the bad guy was realistic, for a long time the first movie I really had to see all the way to know the ending (happy end? No? Yes? No?). Perhaps a bit too much "Pathos" in the end, but I didn´t care...