City of Song

City of Song
Directed by	Carmine Gallone
Written by	C.H. Dand Miles Malleson Hans Székely
Produced by	Arnold Pressburger Isidore Schlesinger Bernard Vorhaus
Starring	Jan Kiepura Betty Stockfeld Heather Angel
Cinematography	Curt Courant Arpad Viragh
Edited by	Lars Moen
Music by	Paul Abraham Philip Braham Ernesto Tagliaferri
Production companies	Cine-Allianz Tonfilm Tobis Film
Distributed by	Sterling Films
Release date	9 January 1931 (1931-01-09)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	Germany United Kingdom
Language	English

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

1. BFI.org
2. Wood p.69

Bibliography

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

External links

• City of Song at IMDb