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Street Scene is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by King Vidor.With a screenplay by Elmer Rice adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Street Scene takes place on a New York City street from one evening until the following afternoon.
[1] [3] She began her acting career as a young child in theater, and after establishing herself as a Broadway stage actress in 1925, she reprised her role in Street Scene for the 1931 film version. She played supporting roles in several films during the 1930s, and was twice nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Poster for the 1931 film Street Scene. Elmer Rice adapted his play for Samuel Goldwyn's 1931 motion picture production Street Scene, directed by King Vidor. Starring Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr. and Estelle Taylor, the film marked the screen debut of Beulah Bondi, [9] who recreated her Broadway role as the malicious gossip Emma Jones. [3]
A street scene is a model for theatre proposed by Bertolt Brecht. Street Scene may refer to: Street Scene, 1929, by Elmer Rice; Street Scene, 1931, directed by King Vidor, based on Rice's play; Street Scene, 1947, by Kurt Weill, based on Rice's play; Street Scene (San Diego music festival)
McHugh came from a theatrical family. His parents ran a stock theatre company and, as a young child, he performed on stage. His brother, Frank, who went on to become part of the Warner Bros. stock company in the 1930s and 1940s, and sister Kitty performed an act with him by the time he was fourteen years old, but the family quit the stage around 1930.
Street Scene (1931), Cynara (1932), The Wedding Night (1935), Stella Dallas (1937) During the 1930s Vidor, though under contract to M-G-M studios, made four films under loan-out to independent producer Samuel Goldwyn, formerly with the Goldwyn studios that had amalgamated with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924. Goldwyn's insistence on fidelity to the ...
The following is an overview of 1931 in film, including significant events, ... Matt McHugh – Street Scene; Millard Mitchell – Secrets of a Secretary;
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