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City Girl( 1930)

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SEE AND HEAR LIFE IN THE "RAW" WITH THE "CITY GIRL"

Overview

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Charles Farrell

      Lem Tustine

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      Mary Duncan

      Kate

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      David Torrence

      Lem's Father

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      Edith Yorke

      Lem's Mother

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      Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

      Reaper

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      Anne Shirley

      Marie Tustine

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      Tom McGuire

      Matey

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      Richard Alexander

      Mac

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      Patrick Rooney

      Butch

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      Ed Brady

      Reaper

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      Roscoe Ates

      Reaper

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      Marjorie Beebe

      Waitress (uncredited)

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      Eddie Boland

      Reaper (uncredited)

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      Harry Gripp

      Reaper (uncredited)

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      Mark Hamilton

      Greasy the Reaper (uncredited)

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      Werner Klingler

      Reaper (uncredited)

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      Charles Lane

      Man at Train Station (uncredited)

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      Ivan Linow

      Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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      Arnold Lucy

      Cafe Patron (uncredited)

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      Helen Lynch

      Girl on Train (uncredited)

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      Michael Mark

      Man Standing at Cafe (uncredited)

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      Jack Pennick

      Reaper (uncredited)

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      David Rollins

      Reaper (uncredited)

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      William Sundholm

      Cafe Patron (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    This is one of those films that you can just sit back and let wash over you... The plot is simple, as are the characterisations involved - but that's what makes it effective. "Lem" (Charles Farrell) is a young man sent by his overbearing father to Chicago to sell their annual wheat crop. He frequents a diner where he meets the young waitress "Kate" (Mary Duncan) and the pair are soon an item. Meantime, though, the price of wheat is dropping so he must quickly secure a deal before he and his gal return home to rural Minnesota. His father "Tustine" (David Torrence) is less than impressed with bot...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • waitress
    • countryside
    • marriage crisis
    • pre-code
    • wheat