

Street Scene
The simple story of LIFE through the window pane of the house across the street.
6.8(35 votes)
1931
1h 18m
Drama
Romance
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.
Production
Feature Productions, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, United Artists
Cast

Sylvia Sidney
Rose Maurrant

William Collier Jr.
Sam Kaplan

Estelle Taylor
Mrs. Anna Maurrant

Beulah Bondi
Emma Jones

David Landau
Mr. Frank Maurrant

Matt McHugh
Vincent Jones

Russell Hopton
Steve Sankey

Greta Granstedt
Mae Jones

Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Marguerite 'Greta' Fiorentino

John Qualen
Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)