Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Willard Van Dyke
- Writers
- Henwar Rodakiewicz, Pare Lorentz, Lewis Mumford
- Release Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 44 minutes
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (14 votes)
Top Cast
Morris Carnovsky
Narrator (voice)
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