en The Beautiful City (1925 film)

The Beautiful City
The Beautiful City
	Lobby card
Directed by	Kenneth Webb
Written by	C. Graham Baker (screenplay and titles); Don Bartlett (screenplay and titles); Violet E. Powell (adaptation)
Story by	Edmund Goulding
Starring	Richard Barthelmess; Dorothy Gish; William Powell
Cinematography	Stuart Kelson; Roy Overbaugh
Edited by	William Hamilton
Production; company	Inspiration Pictures
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	October 25, 1925;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Beautiful City is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth Webb and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, and William Powell.^[1] For their mother's sake, a man takes the blame for a robbery committed by his brother and his brother's gangster boss.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] Tony, a young Italian flower vendor who is in love with Mollie, a young Irish neighbor woman, becomes involved in a series of dangerous events by trying to reclaim his brother, who has fallen under the influence of a gangster-theatre manager. After hard fighting, the youth’s brother is turned from evil. Then the flower seller learns the beauty of his city and finds happiness with the young woman.

Cast

Richard Barthelmess as Tony Gillardi
Dorothy Gish as Mollie
William Powell as Nick Di Silva
Frank Puglia as Carlo Gillardi
Florence Auer as Mama Gillardi

Reception

Mordaunt Hall gave a generally unfavorable review in The New York Times, calling The Beautiful City "quite a disappointing production. ... the story would have to be greatly improved to make it entertaining."^[3] However, he did note that, "William Powell makes the villainy as impressive as possible."^[3]