109435
109435

Street Scene

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

1931-09-05
6.838
en 78m
DramaRomance
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.

Settings

Richard Day

Director

King Vidor

Adaptation

Elmer Rice

Theatre Play

Elmer Rice

Producer

Samuel Goldwyn

Editor

Hugh Bennett

infidelity new york city neighbor summer tenement gossip apartment building pre-code jealous husband melting pot heatwave apartment husband murders wife

Status

Released

Budget

$584,000

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Feature Productions
  • Samuel Goldwyn Productions
  • United Artists