The City That Never Sleeps (film)

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The City That Never Sleeps
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Directed by James Cruze
Written by Walter Woods
Anthony Coldeway
Based onshort story Mother O'Day by Leroy Scott, McCall's Magazine July 1924
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Starring Louise Dresser
Ricardo Cortez
Cinematography Karl Brown
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 29, 1924 (1924-09-29)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The City That Never Sleeps is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by James Cruze. [1]

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Preservation

With no prints of The City That Never Sleeps located in any film archives, [2] it is a lost film.

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