City of Song

1931 film

C.H. Dand
Miles Malleson
Hans Székely

Produced by

Arnold Pressburger
Isidore Schlesinger
Bernard Vorhaus

Starring

Jan Kiepura
Betty Stockfeld
Heather Angel

CinematographyCurt Courant
Arpad ViraghEdited byLars MoenMusic by

Paul Abraham
Philip Braham
Ernesto Tagliaferri

Production
companies

Cine-Allianz Tonfilm
Tobis Film

Distributed bySterling Films

Release date

9 January 1931 (1931-01-09)

Running time

96 minutesCountriesGermany
United KingdomLanguageEnglish

City of Song, also known as Farewell to Love, is a 1931 British/German romance film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Jan Kiepura, Betty Stockfeld and Hugh Wakefield.^[1] It was shot at Wembley Studios.^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Oscar Friedrich Werndorff and J. Elder Wills. A German-language version was released in 1930 under the title The Singing City.

Plot

A tourist guide in Naples is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protégé.

Cast

Jan Kiepura as Giovanni Cavallone
Betty Stockfeld as Claire Winter
Hugh Wakefield as Hon. Roddy Fielding
Heather Angel as Carmela
Franz Maldacea as Chi, a boy of the streets
Philip Easton as John, an artist
Miles Malleson as Theater Watchman

References

^ BFI.org
^ Wood p.69

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

City of Song at IMDb

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