Street Scene (film)

Street Scene
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Directed by	King Vidor
Written by	Elmer Rice (play and screenplay)
Based on	Street Scene (1929 play) by Elmer Rice
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Sylvia Sidney William Collier Jr. Estelle Taylor
Cinematography	George Barnes Gregg Toland
Edited by	Hugh Bennett
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	August 26, 1931 (1931-08-26) (New York City) September 5, 1931 (1931-09-05) (U.S. wide)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$584,000 (estimate)

Street Scene is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by King Vidor. With a screenplay by Elmer Rice adapted from his Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name, Street Scene takes place on a New York City street from one evening until the following afternoon. Except for one scene which takes place inside a taxi, Vidor shot the entire film on a single set depicting half a city block of house fronts.

The film stars Estelle Taylor, David Landau, Sylvia Sidney, William Collier Jr., and Beulah Bondi (her screen debut). The music score is by Alfred Newman, his first complete film score. Newman composed the eponymous title theme, in the style of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. The theme has been used in other movies, including Cry of the City, Kiss of Death, I Wake Up Screaming, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Dark Corner, Gentleman's Agreement and as the overture to How to Marry a Millionaire.

In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.^[1]