The City
1939 | 44m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke |
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| Writer: | Lewis Mumford, Henwar Rodakiewicz, Pare Lorentz |
| Staring: |
| A prescient documentary about city planning, which presents idyllic suburbs and nuclear families as a solution to the chaos, poverty and social decay of industrialized inner cities. | |
| Release Date: | May 26, 1939 |
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| Director: | Ralph Steiner, Willard Van Dyke |
| Writer: | Lewis Mumford, Henwar Rodakiewicz, Pare Lorentz |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | social commentary, urban planning |
| Production Companies | American Documentary Films Inc., American Institute of Planners, Civic Films Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 16, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Morris Carnovsky | Narrator (voice) |
| Name | Job |
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| Ralph Steiner | Director, Director of Photography |
| Lewis Mumford | Writer |
| Theodore Lawrence | Editor |
| Max Goberman | Conductor |
| John Flory | Production Manager |
| Roger Barlow | Camera Operator |
| Henwar Rodakiewicz | Writer |
| Willard Van Dyke | Director, Director of Photography |
| Pare Lorentz | Writer |
| Aaron Copland | Original Music Composer |
| Oscar Serlin | Production Supervisor |
| Edward Anhalt | Camera Operator |
| Rudolph Bretz | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Henwar Rodakiewicz | Associate Producer |
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