One Third of a Nation (1939)
The negligent owner of a tenement slum becomes romantically involved with one of the building's residents.
- Date of release
- 1939-02-10
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Dudley Murphy
Casting
- Sylvia Sidney — Mary Rogers
- Leif Erickson — Peter Cortlant
- Myron McCormick — Sam Moon
- Hiram Sherman — Donald Hinchley
- Sidney Lumet — Joey Rogers
- Muriel Hutchison — Ethel Cortlant
- Percy Waram — Arthur Mather
- Otto Hulett — Assistant District Attorney
- Horace Sinclair — John (Butler)
- Iris Adrian — Myrtle
- Charles Dingle — Mr. Rogers
- Edmonia Nolley — Mrs. Rogers
Interesting facts
...One Third of a Nation... is a 1939 American drama film directed by Dudley Murphy and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Dudley Murphy. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson, Myron McCormick, Hiram Sherman, the future director Sidney Lumet and Muriel Hutchison. The film was released on February 10, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.
Production
It was the last feature film shot at Astoria Studios in New York until its reopening in the 1970s.
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