Street Scene (1931)

Name: Street Scene
Director: King Vidor
Released: 1931-09-05
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., Estelle Taylor, Beulah Bondi, David Landau

DramaRomance

78 min

"The simple story of LIFE through the window pane of the house across the street."

Plot Summary

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.