Street Scene
“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.
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Cast
35 people
Sylvia Sidney
Rose Maurrant
Known for
Beetlejuice
Sabotage
William Collier Jr.
Sam Kaplan
Known for
Little Caesar
Cimarron
Estelle Taylor
Mrs. Anna Maurrant
Known for
Cimarron
The Ten Commandments
Beulah Bondi
Emma Jones
Known for
It's a Wonderful Life
Make Way for Tomorrow
David Landau
Mr. Frank Maurrant
Known for
Horse Feathers
She Done Him Wrong
Matt McHugh
Vincent Jones
Known for
The Devil's Brother
The Devil and Miss Jones
Russell Hopton
Steve Sankey
Known for
The Miracle Woman
'G' Men
Greta Granstedt
Mae Jones
Known for
The Return of Dracula
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Marguerite 'Greta' Fiorentino
Known for
The Prisoner of Zenda
John Qualen
Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)
Known for
Casablanca
The Searchers
Allen Fox
Dick McGann (as Allan Fox)
Also in
Dead Man's Eyes
Young Bride
Nora Cecil
Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Known for
The Thin Man Goes Home
Easy Living
King Vidor Director · Elmer Rice Author Alfred Newman Composer
Budget $584K · United States release September 5, 1931 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$584,000
Production
Feature Productions
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 26, 1931
Premiere · New York City, New York
United States · September 5, 1931
Theatrical
Canada
September 5, 1931 · Theatrical
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