City of Beautiful Nonsense is a 1935 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Emlyn Williams, Sophie Stewart and Eve Lister. The film is based on the best-selling 1909 novel of the same name by E. Temple Thurston, which had previously been filmed as a silent by Henry Edwards in 1919. The plot deals with a young woman who is in love with a penniless composer, but believes she must marry a wealthy man to please her father and only realises after various tribulations that she should follow her heart rather than her head. Cast Emlyn Williams as Jack Grey Sophie Stewart as Jill Dealtry Eve Lister as Amber George Carney as Chesterton Marie Wright as Dorothy Grey Eric Maturin as Robert Downing J. Fisher White as Thomas Grey Daisy Dormer as Mrs. Deakin Hubert Harben as Mr. Dealtry Margaret Damer as Mrs. Dealtry Dorothy Vernon as Mrs. Rowse References External links City of Beautiful Nonsense at BFI Film & TV Database 1935 films 1935 drama films British drama films Films directed by Adrian Brunel Lost British films British black-and-white films Films based on Irish novels Films scored by Eric Spear 1930s British films