A Minnesota farmer's son (Charles Farrell) is entrusted to go to Chicago to sell the farm's wheat harvest. While there, he meets a sassy waitress (Mary Duncan) and falls in love. After a whirlwind marriage, they arrive on the farm but the boy's mean spirited father (David Torrence) is determined to undermine the marriage and send the girl packing back to the city. F.W. Murnau's best known works are the vampire horror
NOSFERATU and the idyllic romance
SUNRISE, both acknowledged as among the greatest films ever made. Based on Elliott Lester's play
THE MUD TURTLE, Murnau's
CITY GIRL sheds its theatrical roots and presents a stunning visual rumination on the rural existence as a street smart city girl attempts to blend in to the stark simplicity of her new country life. While its reputation is nowhere near that of Murnau's more celebrated films,
CITY GIRL's influence can be seen from Vidor's
OUR DAILY BREAD to Malick's
DAYS OF HEAVEN. Both passionate and tenacious, it's a lovely film anyway you look at it. With Anne Shirley, Edith Yorke and Richard Alexander.
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