An American Tragedy
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An American Tragedy (film)
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| Directed by | Josef von Sternberg |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky Josef von Sternberg |
| Written by | Theodore Dreiser (novel) |
| Starring | Sylvia Sydney Phillips Holmes |
| Music by | John Leipold Ralph Rainger |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 22, 1931 |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
An American Tragedy is a 1931 sound film drama produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures and directed by Josef von Sternberg. The film is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy which itself alludes to the real life 1906 murder of Grace Brown allegedly by Chester Gillette.[1]
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Cast
- Phillips Holmes - Clyde Griffiths
- Sylvia Sidney - 'Bert' Alden
- Frances Dee - Sondra Finchley
- Irving Pichel - District Attorney Orville Mason
- Frederick Burton - Samuel Griffiths
- Claire McDowell - Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
- Wallace Middleton - Gilbert Griffiths
- Emmett Corrigan - Belknap ..(Clyde's attorney)
- Lucille La Verne - Mrs. Asa Griffiths
- Charles B. Middleton - Jephson..(Clyde's second attorney)
- Al Hart - Titus Alden (*as Albert Hart)
- Fanny Midgley - Mrs. Titus Alden
- Arnold Korff - Judge
- Russ Powell - Coroner Fred Heit (*as Russell Powell)
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1931-40 by The American Film Institute, c. 1993
See also
- The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount)
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