City of Song
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City of Song is a 1931 British romance film
Romance film
Romance films are love stories that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate involvement of the main characters and the journey that their love takes through courtship or marriage. Romance films make the love story or the search for love the main plot focus...

 directed by Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone was an early acclaimed Italian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Considered one of Italian cinema's top early directors, he directed over 120 films in his fifty year career between 1913 and 1963.-Filmography:*Il bacio di Cirano *La donna nuda *Senza colpa! *Fior di...

 and starring Jan Kiepura
Jan Kiepura
Jan Wiktor Kiepura was an acclaimed Polish singer and actor.-Biography:...

, Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld was an Australian film actress. Sher appeared mostly in British and French films.-Filmography:* Captivation * 77 Park Lane * Blanc comme neige * City of Song * Life Goes On...

 and Hugh Wakefield
Hugh Wakefield
Hugh Wakefield was an English film actor, who played supporting roles. He was often seen wearing a monocle....

. A German-language version was made under the title Die singende Stadt.

Plot

A tourist guide in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

 is taken on by an English woman impressed by his singing, and who regards him as her protege.

Cast

  • Jan Kiepura
    Jan Kiepura
    Jan Wiktor Kiepura was an acclaimed Polish singer and actor.-Biography:...

     ... Giovanni Cavallone
  • Betty Stockfeld
    Betty Stockfeld
    Betty Stockfeld was an Australian film actress. Sher appeared mostly in British and French films.-Filmography:* Captivation * 77 Park Lane * Blanc comme neige * City of Song * Life Goes On...

     ... Claire Winter
  • Hugh Wakefield
    Hugh Wakefield
    Hugh Wakefield was an English film actor, who played supporting roles. He was often seen wearing a monocle....

     ... Hon. Roddy Fielding
  • Heather Angel
    Heather Angel (actress)
    Heather Grace Angel was an English actress.-Life and career:Born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, she was brought up on a farm near Banbury....

     ... Carmela
  • Franz Maldacea ... Chi, a boy of the streets
  • Philip Easton ... John, an artist
  • Miles Malleson
    Miles Malleson
    William Miles Malleson was an English actor and dramatist, particularly known for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s. Towards the end of his career he also appeared in cameo roles in several Hammer horror films, with a fairly large role in The Brides of Dracula as the...

    ... Theater Watchman
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