Street Scene (1931)

09/05/1931 (US) • 1h 18m

Drama, Romance

The simple story of LIFE through the window pane of the house across the street.

Overview

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.

Top Billed Cast

Sylvia Sidney

Rose Maurrant

Estelle Taylor

Mrs. Anna Maurrant

Beulah Bondi

Emma Jones

David Landau

Mr. Frank Maurrant

Matt McHugh

Vincent Jones

Russell Hopton

Steve Sankey

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Marguerite 'Greta' Fiorentino


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$584,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

infidelity

new york city

neighbor

summer

tenement

gossip

apartment building

pre-code

jealous husband

melting pot

heatwave

apartment

husband murders wife

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