| Back Street | |
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| Directed by | John M. Stahl |
| Written by | Gladys Lehman Lynn Starling Fannie Hurst (novel) Gene Fowler (uncredited) Ben Hecht (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle Jr. E.M. Asher (associate producer) |
| Starring | Irene Dunne John Boles |
| Cinematography | Karl Freund |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
| Music by | James Dietrich |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $426,000[1] |
| Box office | $900,000 (U.S. and Canada rentals)[2] |
Back Street is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. Based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man.[3] The devotion and love of the woman to the married man determines that she will be the “back streets” of him in the whole life; a story of a love that was not destined.[4] This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's novel;[5] remakes were released in 1941 and 1961.
- ^ "Miscalculated". Variety. May 17, 1932. p. 52.
- ^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-144. ISSN 0042-2738.
- ^ Back Street (1932), retrieved March 31, 2020
- ^ "Melodramas Films". www.filmsite.org. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (August 29, 1932). "The Banker's Mistress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 31, 2020.