For it's time I'm sure The City Girl was a bawdy piece of film work what with all the sexual advances and threats of rape posed by the hired hands. I'm not sure it has lost that quality as I found the hitting of women and the lechery of the men to be quite unsettling in it's reality. The film is simple, so simple it could have been written out on a couple pieces of paper, the dialog is good, the acting fair and the lighting and music exceptional. Heavy makeup on the actors especially Charles Farrell is a bit distracting and takes away from the modernness of the images. Even though this film is from 1930 you can easily relate to the times and characters. It is an enjoyable film and a time machine back to a simpler era but the story is too predictable and a bit contrived.
