tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post295309920556636050..comments2024-03-21T17:54:04.910-04:00Comments on Silent Volume: City Girl (1930)Chris Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511805377064572471noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-3338571275460268372012-04-07T12:14:30.278-04:002012-04-07T12:14:30.278-04:00Just recently saw a big screen showing of this fil...Just recently saw a big screen showing of this film. Great fun! The commentator before the show indicated Murnau actually left Fox <i>because</i> they were insisting on adding sound (even some songs - ugh!) Murnau had an agreement with the head of Fox to film as he wished but during production the man was in an accident and those who took his place wanted sound at all costs. The sound copies were lost years later in a fire and only Murnau's work print now survives.Janellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14633533404613684833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5228314939015275941.post-3248390816840715102011-08-12T20:12:00.951-04:002011-08-12T20:12:00.951-04:00CITY GIRL as seen now is the work print version th...CITY GIRL as seen now is the work print version that Murnau had completed before leaving Fox. Murnau left detail instructions as to how the film should be completed, but Fox butchered the film by reshooting a great deal of the footage for sound. The sound release was a complete flop and disappeared quickly. The material that survives is that of Murnau's partly finished film. It's kind of like watching Orson Welles THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS. . . you are still seeing a masterful film but you are not seeing either film as the directors intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com