The Celestial City (film)

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The Celestial City
Directed by J. O. C. Orton
Written byJ. O. C. Orton
Produced by Harry Bruce Woolfe
Starring Norah Baring
Cecil Fearnley
Lewis Dayton
Malvina Longfellow
Cinematography Jack Parker
Production
company
Distributed byJMG
Release date
  • March 1929 (1929-03)
Running time
8,768 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Celestial City is a 1929 British silent crime film directed by J. O. C. Orton and starring Norah Baring, Cecil Fearnley and Lewis Dayton. The film was made at Welwyn Studios by British Instructional Films, and based on the 1926 The Celestial City by Emma Orczy.

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