City of Song (Original title)Farewell to Love (Alternative title)
Date: 05 October 1931 (Release)Country: United KingdomInspired and Directed by: Carmine Gallone
Synopsis: Story of a singing Neapolitan guide and an English girl who makes him her protege.
Genre: Musical
Subject: Vocal music
Releases
Date: 1931Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 99 mins Length: 8910 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: The Euro-British flagship that sank: the short life and lingering death of Associated Sound Film Industries, 1929-1936Author: BROWN, Geoff Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article examining the history of Associated Sound Film Industries, a company established in 1929 during the industry's transition to sound as the British division of the Küchenmeister-Tobis-Klangfilm conglomerate. Includes discussion of the production of the company's two feature films 'City of Song' (1931) and 'The Bells' (1931).
In: The Picturegoer v21 n123 March 1931 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v21 n123 March 1931: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v1 n19 3 Oct 1931 Page: 18
Title: [The Picturegoer - v1 n19 3 Oct 1931: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 359
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5745 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-571137
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276454
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276455
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(3)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592018
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276454
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276455
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1745 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-569363
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5745 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-571137
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 5746 FeetBFI identifier: C-571135
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 5748 FeetBFI identifier: C-571136
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 05 October 1931 (Release)Country: United KingdomInspired and Directed by: Carmine Gallone
Synopsis: Story of a singing Neapolitan guide and an English girl who makes him her protege.
Genre: Musical
Subject: Vocal music
Releases
Date: 1931Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 99 mins Length: 8910 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(25)
Produced by: British Sound Film Productions, [Produced] by arrangement with: Associated Sound Film Industries, [Producer]: Arnold Preßburger, [Production Supervisor]: Bernard Vorhaus, Associate Director: Harcourt Templeman, [Screenplay]: Hans Szekely, Walter Reisch, Dialogue by: Miles Malleson, Story by: C.H. Dand, [Story]: Hans Szekely, [Story]: Armin Robinson, Charlie Amberg, Photography: Curt Courant, [Photography]: G.A. Viragh, [Camera Operator]: Eric Cross, [Editor]: Carmine Gallone, [Editor]: Lars Moen, L.B.T. Chown, Art Direction: O.F. Werndorff, J.E. Wills, Music: Ernesto Tagliaferri, Music: Philip Braham, [Sound] Recording: George Burgess, [Studio]: Wembley Studios
Cast
(13)
Jan Kiepura (Giovanni Cavallone), Betty Stockfield (Claire Winter), Hugh Wakefield (Hon. Roddy Fielding), Heather Angel (Carmela), Francesco Maldacea (Chi), Miles Malleson (stage-door-keeper), Philip Easton (John Barlow), Bernard Ansell, Kenneth Buckley, Peter Spencer (.), Ralph Truman (one of Claire's admirers), Carol Rees ([Marthe]), Mary Sheridan ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television v33 n2 June 2013 Pages: 187-213Title: The Euro-British flagship that sank: the short life and lingering death of Associated Sound Film Industries, 1929-1936Author: BROWN, Geoff Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article examining the history of Associated Sound Film Industries, a company established in 1929 during the industry's transition to sound as the British division of the Küchenmeister-Tobis-Klangfilm conglomerate. Includes discussion of the production of the company's two feature films 'City of Song' (1931) and 'The Bells' (1931).
In: The Picturegoer v21 n123 March 1931 Page: 14
Title: [The Picturegoer - v21 n123 March 1931: no known title]Language: English
In: The Picturegoer v1 n19 3 Oct 1931 Page: 18
Title: [The Picturegoer - v1 n19 3 Oct 1931: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 359
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5745 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-571137
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276454
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276455
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(3)
Description: VHS cassetteColour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-592018
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276454
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.24 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1276455
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1745 FeetStock date: 1929BFI identifier: C-569363
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 5745 FeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-571137
Status: Viewing - Viewing experience and projection may be compromised by condition of film print (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 5746 FeetBFI identifier: C-571135
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 5748 FeetBFI identifier: C-571136
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film