Poster
Street Scene  (1931)
The simple story of LIFE through the window pane of the house across the street.


6.8|5 Sept, 1931|78 min
Released
IMDb
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.
Language

English 


Budget$584,000
Revenue --
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Keywords
infidelity
new york city
neighbor
summer
tenement
gossip
apartment building
pre-code
jealous husband
melting pot
heatwave
apartment
husband murders wife

Casts

Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
Rose Maurrant
William Collier Jr.
William Collier Jr.
Sam Kaplan
Estelle Taylor
Estelle Taylor
Mrs. Anna Maurrant
Beulah Bondi
Beulah Bondi
Emma Jones
David Landau
David Landau
Mr. Frank Maurrant
Matt McHugh
Matt McHugh
Vincent Jones
Russell Hopton
Russell Hopton
Steve Sankey
Greta Granstedt
Greta Granstedt
Mae Jones
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Marguerite 'Greta' Fiorentino
John Qualen
John Qualen
Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)
Allen Fox
Dick McGann (as Allan Fox)
Nora Cecil
Nora Cecil
Alice Simpson - Welfare Worker
Margaret Robertson
Minor Role
Walter James
Police Marshal James Henry
Max Montor
Abe Kaplan
Walter Miller
Walter Miller
Bert Easter - Rose's Boss
T.H. Manning
George Jones
Conway Washburne
Danny Buchanan
Ann Kostant
Shirley Kaplan
Adele Watson
Adele Watson
Olga Olsen
Lambert Rogers
Willie Maurrant
George Humbert
George Humbert
Filippo Fiorentino
Helen Lovett
Laura Hildebrand
Richard Powell
Officer Harry Murphy
Jane Mercer
Jane Mercer
Minor Role
Monte Carter
Minor Role (as Monti Carter)
Harry Wallace
Fred Cullen
Virginia Davis
Virginia Davis
Florence Enright
Marcia Mae Jones
Marcia Mae Jones
Tiny Jones
Dorothy Vernon
Dorothy Vernon
Eric Mayne
Eric Mayne
Louis Natheaux
Louis Natheaux
Buddy Roosevelt
Buddy Roosevelt

Crews

Richard Day
Settings
King Vidor
King Vidor
Director
Elmer Rice
Adaptation
Elmer Rice
Theatre Play
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Hugh Bennett
Editor
George Barnes
Director of Photography
Jack Noyes
Sound
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Alfred Newman
Alfred Newman
Music
Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Richard Day
Art Direction

Backdrops & Posters