The House on 56th Street is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film. The film's plot involves a miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and alienation of a prisoner from her only living relative.
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| Directed by | Robert Florey |
| Written by | Joseph Santley (story) Austin Parker Sheridan Gibney |
| Produced by | James Seymour |
| Starring | Kay Francis Ricardo Cortez Gene Raymond John Halliday Margaret Lindsay |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Edited by | Howard Bretherton |
| Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corp. |
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Running time | 68-69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $211,000[1][2] |
| Box office | $694,000[2][1] |
Plot
editA woman is sent to prison for twenty years for a murder she did not commit. When she is released, her husband is dead, and her daughter has been told Peggy is also dead.
Cast
edit- Kay Francis as Peggy Martin Van Tyle aka Peggy Stone
- Ricardo Cortez as Bill Blaine
- Gene Raymond as Monte Van Tyle (Monty Van Tyle in the opening credits)
- John Halliday as Lyndon Fiske
- Margaret Lindsay as Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess
- Frank McHugh as Chester Hunt
- William "Stage" Boyd as Mr. Bonelli (as William Boyd)
- Hardie Albright as Henry Burgess
- Sheila Terry as Dolly
- Phillip Reed as Freddy
- Walter Walker as Dr. Wyman
- Nella Walker as Eleanor Van Tyle
Reception
editAccording to Warner Bros records, the film earned $410,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $284,000 elsewhere.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c The House on 56th Street at Kay Francis Films; accessed March 16, 2014. Archived April 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 15 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
External links
edit- The House on 56th Street at IMDb
- The House on 56th Street at the TCM Movie Database
- The House on 56th Street at AllMovie
- The House on 56th Street at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
