Beyond the Cities

1930 film

  • Carlyle Blackwell
  • Edna Best
  • Alexander Field
  • Laurence Hanray
Production
company
Piccadilly Films
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
  • 18 September 1930 (1930-09-18)
Running time
70 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Beyond the Cities is a 1930 British drama film directed by Carlyle Blackwell and starring Blackwell, Edna Best and Alexander Field.[1] The film was made as a quota quickie for release by Paramount Pictures, and is believed to have been made at Twickenham Studios.[2] The film is mainly set in Canada.

It is also known by the alternative title of Reparations.

Cast

  • Carlyle Blackwell as Jim Campbell
  • Edna Best as Mary Hayes
  • Alexander Field as Sam
  • Laurence Hanray as Gregory Hayes
  • Helen Haye as Amy Hayes
  • Eric Maturin as Hector Braydon
  • Percy Parsons as Boss

References

  1. ^ Wood p.69
  2. ^ Chibnall p.260

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
  • Beyond the Cities at IMDb


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