The City Gone Wild | |
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by |
Jules Furthman (story, scenario) Charles Furthman (scenario) Herman J. Mankiewicz |
Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Louise Brooks |
Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6
reels (5,408 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The City Gone Wild is a 1927 American silent crime film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film starred Thomas Meighan, Marietta Millner, and Louise Brooks and was directed by James Cruze. [1] [2]
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plot summary. (January 2024) |
The film was shot between June 22 and July 7, 1927 at Paramount’s studio in Hollywood, with location shooting at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Pre-release Paramount production records list the film length at 6 reels (5,601 feet) for the domestic release, and 6 reels (5,390 feet) for the foreign release. [3]
With no prints of The City Gone Wild located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film. The last known copy of this film was nearly saved in the late 1960s by preservationist David Shepard for deposit at AFI. Paramount had also contracted with junk men to haul off their old rusting reels with the film still wound on. Shepard arrived at the studio just as junkmen carted the film off for disposal.
The City Gone Wild | |
---|---|
Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by |
Jules Furthman (story, scenario) Charles Furthman (scenario) Herman J. Mankiewicz |
Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Louise Brooks |
Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 6
reels (5,408 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The City Gone Wild is a 1927 American silent crime film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film starred Thomas Meighan, Marietta Millner, and Louise Brooks and was directed by James Cruze. [1] [2]
This article needs a
plot summary. (January 2024) |
The film was shot between June 22 and July 7, 1927 at Paramount’s studio in Hollywood, with location shooting at Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Pre-release Paramount production records list the film length at 6 reels (5,601 feet) for the domestic release, and 6 reels (5,390 feet) for the foreign release. [3]
With no prints of The City Gone Wild located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film. The last known copy of this film was nearly saved in the late 1960s by preservationist David Shepard for deposit at AFI. Paramount had also contracted with junk men to haul off their old rusting reels with the film still wound on. Shepard arrived at the studio just as junkmen carted the film off for disposal.