Back Street (1932 film)

Back Street
Back Street
	Theatrical release poster
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
Release date	August 4, 1932;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$426,000
Box office	$900,000 (U.S. and Canada rentals)

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 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.

[1] "Miscalculated". Variety. May 17, 1932. p. 52.

[2] Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M-144. ISSN 0042-2738.

[3] Back Street (1932), retrieved March 31, 2020

[4] "Melodramas Films". www.filmsite.org. Retrieved April 19, 2020.

[5] Hall, Mordaunt (August 29, 1932). "The Banker's Mistress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 31, 2020.

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