The Big City (1928 film)

The Big City
The Big City
	Film poster
Directed by	Tod Browning
Written by	Tod Browning; Waldemar Young
Starring	Lon Chaney; Betty Compson; Matthew Betz
Cinematography	Henry Sharp
Edited by	Harry Reynolds; Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	March 24, 1928;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Film poster or trade advert.

The Big City is a 1928 American silent crime film directed by Tod Browning^[1] and starring Lon Chaney. The film is now lost.^[2] The last known print of the film had been sent to Australia in the late 1950s. The film was returned to MGM and placed in their vaults where it was destroyed in the same vault fire that also claimed London After Midnight in 1965.^{[citation needed]} A short trailer for the film survives at Cinémathèque française in France, but it does not include any footage from the film.^[3] This was Betty Compson's only film at MGM.

Cast[]

Lon Chaney as Chuck Collins
Marceline Day as Helen
Matthew Betz as Red
Betty Compson as Sunshine
John George as The Arab
James Murray as Curly
Virginia Pearson as Tennessee
Walter Percival as Grogan
Lew Short as O'Hara
Eddie Sturgis as Blinkie
Nora Cecil as Landlady (uncredited)
Clinton Lyle as Gangster (uncredited)
Della Peterson as Dancer (uncredited)
George H. Reed as Black Waiter (uncredited)

References[]

^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Big City". Silent Era. Retrieved May 10, 2008.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Big City
^ "Pochettes photos - Recherche transversale par film". www.cineressources.net. Retrieved June 11, 2017.

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: The Big City". Silent Era. Retrieved May 10, 2008.

[2] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Big City

[3] "Pochettes photos - Recherche transversale par film". www.cineressources.net. Retrieved June 11, 2017.

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The Big City (1928 film)

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