The House on 56th Street | |
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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 |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corp. |
Release date |
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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] |
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.
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.
According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $410,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $284,000 elsewhere. [1] [2]
The House on 56th Street | |
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![]() 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 | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corp. |
Release date |
|
Running time | 68-69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $211,000 [1] [2] |
Box office | $694,000 [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.
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.
According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $410,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $284,000 elsewhere. [1] [2]