Street Scene (1931)
1931 · Feature film · 78 min · dir. King Vidor
The simple story of LIFE through the window pane of the house across the street.
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- King Vidor
- Cinematography
- George Barnes
- Studio
- Feature Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Released
- 1931-09-05
- Running time
- 78 minutes
Cast & crew
King Vidor Director
William Collier Jr.
Richard Powell
David Landau
Russell Hopton- Richard P. Powell
Nora Cecil
John Qualen
Beulah Bondi
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · This Is Why Old Movies Are The Best · GapOkie · 2014-04-02
This is a great adaptation of a great play. Set on a single block in front of brown stone that shows a movie does not need a lot of special effects to be thoroughly insightful.
★★★★ · An gem in the rough · Kodachrome · 2012-11-03
This play involving a mix of ethnic and social diversity on a New York tenement street, explores some of the best and worst aspects of human nature. Some of the characters found in this neighborhood include a Jewish Bolshevist and his family, a Norwegian couple, an Italian-German couple, an Irish couple and non-immigrant Americans, all thrown together into the 'great melting pot,' who socialize, argue, commit adulterous indiscretions, and interact on all levels during a couple of hot summer days in New York City. If you are looking for an engaging plot involving intrigue or adventure, you…
