City Limits (1934 film)

City Limits
Film poster
Directed by	William Nigh
Produced by	William T. Lackey (producer)
Written by	George Waggner (adaptation and screenplay) Jack Woodford (novel City Limits)
Music by	William Schiller Oliver Wallace
Cinematography	Jerome Ash
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Release dates	April 15, 1934
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

City Limits is a 1934 American Pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by William Nigh and starring Frank Craven, Sally Blane, Ray Walker and Claude Gillingwater.^[1] It was remade in 1941 as Father Steps Out.

Plot summary

In a variation of Captains Courageous, J.B. Matthews (Frank Craven) president of a railroad, is getting sick of doctors, when he falls off his train, and meets up with a pair of hoboes, King (James Burke) and Napoleon (Jimmy Conlin), who show him how to enjoy life, and real cooking. It's up to intrepid reporter Jimmy Dugan (Ray Walker) and Helen (Sally Blane) to find him, and bring him in; before a rival ruins him. But, time is running out.

Cast

Ray Walker and Sally Blane in City Limits (1934)

Frank Craven as J.B. Matthews
Sally Blane as Helen Matthews
Ray Walker as Jimmy Dugan
Claude Gillingwater as Oliver
James Burke as King
Jimmy Conlin as Nap
Jane Keckley as Aunt Martha
Henry Roquemore as Macy
Harry C. Bradley as Dr. Stafford
George "Gabby" Hayes as Carter
George Cleveland as Graflex
George Nash as Jones
Fern Emmett as Mrs. Benton

References

↑ City Limits Detail View, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed August 9, 2015.

External links

City Limits at the Internet Movie Database
City Limits is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by William Nigh

Salomy Jane (1914)
Emmy of Stork's Nest (1915)
The Kiss of Hate (1916)
The Slave (1917)
Wife Number Two (1917)
Casey of the Coast Guard (1926)
The Fire Brigade (1926)
Mr. Wu (1927)
The Nest (1927)
The Law of the Range (1928)
Across to Singapore (1928)
Four Walls (1928)
Desert Nights (1929)
Thunder (1929)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Without Honor (1932)
Men Are Such Fools (1932)
Mystery Liner (1934)
House of Mystery (1934)
City Limits (1934)
Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
She Gets Her Man (1935)
His Night Out (1935)
The Old Homestead (1935)
Don't Get Personal (1936)
Crash Donovan (1936)
Bill Cracks Down (1937)
The Law Commands (1937)
Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
Atlantic Flight (1937)
A Bride for Henry (1937)
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
Gangster's Boy (1938)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
The Streets of New York (1939)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Son of the Navy (1940)
Doomed to Die (1940)
The Ape (1940)
Zis Boom Bah (1941)
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Black Dragons (1942)
Lady from Chungking (1942)
Corregidor (1943)
The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Trocadero (1944)
Divorce (1945)
Allotment Wives (1945)
The Gay Cavalier (1946)
Partners in Time (1946)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

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