The House on 56th Street

1933 film

The House on 56th Street
movie poster
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
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corp.
Release date	December 23, 1933 (1933年12月23日)
Running time	68-69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	211,000ドル^[1]^[2]
Box office	694,000ドル^[2]^[1]

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.

Plot

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A 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

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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

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According to Warner Bros records, the film earned 410,000ドル in the U.S. and Canada and 284,000ドル elsewhere.^[1]^[2]

References

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^ ^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