The City

1939 | 44 minutes | 5.6 ★ (9)

The City
  • Overview

    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

    26 May 1939

  • DirectingWillard Van Dyke
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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