''The Celestial City'' is a 1929 British silent

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by J. O. C. Orton and starring

Norah Baring Norah Baring (26 November 1905 – 8 February 1985), born Nora Minnie Baker, was an English stage and film actress most famous on screen for portraying "Diana Baring" in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller ''Murder!'' (1930). She is also known for pla ...

, Cecil Fearnley and

Lewis Dayton Lewis Dayton (born Henry Wallenstein Ryan Lewis; 3 February 1888 – January 1963) was a British actor who appeared in a number of films during the silent and early sound eras, largely in supporting roles but occasionally in the male lead. ...

. The film was made at Welwyn Studios by

British Instructional Films British Instructional Films was a British film production company which operated between 1919 and 1932. The company's name is often abbreviated to BIF. The company released a number of feature films during the late silent and early sound eras, d ...

, and based on the 1926 ''The Celestial City'' by Emma Orczy.

Cast

as Lita * Cecil Fearnley as Sir Philip Charteris *

as Paul Sergine * Malvina Longfellow as Princess Brokska * Henri De Vries as Bill *

Frank Perfitt Frank James Robert Perfitt (1880 – 1958) was a British film actor, born in Norwich, Norfolk in 1880. He died in Surrey in 1958. Selected filmography * '' The Flying Fifty-Five'' (1924) * '' Love and Hate'' (1924) * ''The Sins Ye Do'' (1924) * ...

as Sir John Errick *

Albert Rebla Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

as Laddie * Gordon Begg as Truscott

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

External links

* 1929 films 1929 crime films British crime films 1920s English-language films Films directed by J. O. C. Orton British silent feature films Films based on British novels Films shot at Welwyn Studios British black-and-white films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub