Side Streets (1934): Cast & Plot
Side Streets is a 1934 drama directed by Alfred E. Green, starring Aline MacMahon as Bertha Krasnoff, Paul Kelly and Ann Dvorak. It runs 1 hour 3 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 3m (63 min)
- Director
- Alfred E. Green
- Genre
- Drama
- Original language
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English - Studio
- First National Pictures
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Side Streets About?
The premise of Side Streets without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne’er-do-well.
Side Streets Themes & Keywords
· 49 tags- b movie
- shrewd businesswoman
- plain jane
- sailor
- unreliable husband
- low rent district
- deception
- philanderer
- side street business
- fur coat
- spinster
- remorse
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- based on story
- title co written by female
- roll call opening credits
- pre code film
- workplace drama
- popular music
- middle age marriage
- child born out of wedlock
- destitute
- fur shop owner
- mistress
- aunt niece relationship
- wife meets her husband's mistress
- womanizer
- marriage of convenience
- fur
- marital reconciliation
- marriage
- businessmen
- pet cat
- infant
- pregnancy
- suicide
- unemployment
- unfaithful husband
- death of infant son
- telephone message
- female sexual predator
- giving up a baby for adoption
- grieving parent
- adoption
- job
- melodrama drama
- furrier
- bechdel test passed
- infidelity
- san francisco california
Side Streets Cast & Characters
Aline MacMahon leads the cast as Bertha Krasnoff, with Paul Kelly as Tim O'Hara and Ann Dvorak as Marguerite Gilbert. Directed by Alfred E. Green; 9 actors are credited in all.
- Director Alfred E. Green
- Aline MacMahon as Bertha Krasnoff
- Paul Kelly as Tim O'Hara
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Ann Dvorak as Marguerite Gilbert - Dorothy Tree as Ilka
Also Starring in Side Streets
· 5 more- Henry O'Neill George Richards
- Dorothy Peterson Mrs. Richards
- Renee Whitney Mabel Vernon
- Mayo Methot Maizie Roach
- Helen Lowell Tillie
Side Streets Plot Summary
What happens in Side Streets from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 10 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 1-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Madame Valerie (real name Bertha), Aline MacMahon hires a rough-around-the-edges sailor Tim O’Hara Paul Kelly to work in her fur shop. Tim is younger and has a roving eye.
When Tim discovers his wife is expecting his child, he gives up his wild ways and becomes a devoted husband. He even gives up his girlfriend Marguerite Ann Dvorak. Once the baby is born, he is also a devoted father. Unfortunately, the baby dies.
The girlfriend shows up at the shop looking for Tim. She confesses to Bertha that she needs money to care for Tim’s baby, not knowing she is speaking to his wife.
Full summary
The whole story of Side Streets, scene by scene
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Side Streets FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Side Streets, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Side Streets?
Side Streets runs 1 hour 3 minutes (63 minutes).
When was Side Streets released?
Side Streets was released on August 14, 1934.
Who directed Side Streets?
Side Streets was directed by Alfred E. Green.
More films by Alfred E. Green Who is in the cast of Side Streets?
Side Streets stars Aline MacMahon as Bertha Krasnoff, Paul Kelly as Tim O'Hara and Ann Dvorak as Marguerite Gilbert, among 9 credited actors.
Does Side Streets have a post-credit scene?
No. Side Streets has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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