The City Gone Wild

The City Gone Wild
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Directed byJames Cruze
Written byJules Furthman (story, scenario)
Charles Furthman (scenario)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
StarringLouise Brooks
CinematographyBert Glennon
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 12, 1927 (1927-11-12)
Running time
6 reels
(5,408 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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]

Plot

Cast

Preservation

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.

References

  1. ^ The City Gone Wild at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. ^ "The City Gone Wild (filmography page)". Louise Brooks Society. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The City Gone Wild
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