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The Beautiful City (1925 film)

The Beautiful City is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Kenneth Webb and starring Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish, and William Powell. For their mother's sake, a man takes the blame for a robbery committed by his brother and his brother's gangster boss.

Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Tony, a young Italian flower vendor who is in love with Mollie, a young Irish neighbor woman, becomes involved in a series of dangerous events by trying to reclaim his brother, who has fallen under the influence of a gangster-theatre manager. After hard fighting, the youth’s brother is turned from evil. Then the flower seller learns the beauty of his city and finds happiness with the young woman. ==Cast==
Cast
Richard Barthelmess as Tony Gillardi • Dorothy Gish as Mollie • William Powell as Nick Di Silva • Frank Puglia as Carlo Gillardi • Florence Auer as Mama Gillardi ==Reception==
Reception
Mordaunt Hall gave a generally unfavorable review in The New York Times, calling The Beautiful City "quite a disappointing production. ... the story would have to be greatly improved to make it entertaining." However, he did note that, "William Powell makes the villainy as impressive as possible." ==Preservation==
Preservation
With no prints of The Beautiful City located in any film archives, it is a lost film. ==References==
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