City Girl

A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

Cast

Charles Farrell

as Lem Tustine

Mary Duncan

as Kate

David Torrence

as Lem's Father

Edith Yorke

as Lem's Mother

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

as Reaper

Anne Shirley

as Marie Tustine

Tom McGuire

as Matey

Richard Alexander

as Mac

Patrick Rooney

as Butch

Ed Brady

as Reaper

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is one of those films that you can just sit back and let wash over you... The plot is simple, as are the characterisations involved - but that's what makes it effective. "Lem" (Charles Farrell) is a young man sent by his overbearing father to Chicago to sell their annual wheat crop. He frequent...

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