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Street Scene 1931 Directed by King Vidor

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

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $584,000
Release Date 5 September 1931
78 mins
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
Greta Granstedt Mae Jones
Eleanor Wesselhoeft Marguerite 'Greta' Fiorentino
John Qualen Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)
Allen Fox Dick McGann (as Allan Fox)
Nora Cecil Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Walter James Police Marshal James Henry
Max Montor Abe Kaplan
Walter Miller Bert Easter - Rose's Boss
T.H. Manning George Jones
Conway Washburne Danny Buchanan
Ann Kostant Shirley Kaplan
Adele Watson Olga Olsen
Lambert Rogers Willie Maurrant
George Humbert Filippo Fiorentino
Helen Lovett Laura Hildebrand
Richard Powell Officer Harry Murphy
Jane Mercer Minor Role
Monte Carter Minor Role (as Monti Carter)
Harry Wallace Fred Cullen
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