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1937 film

52nd Street

Directed by	Harold Young
Written by	Grover Jones Sid Silvers
Produced by	Walter Wanger
Starring	Ian Hunter Leo Carrillo Pat Paterson Ella Logan
Cinematography	George Schneiderman
Edited by	William H. Reynolds
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production company	Walter Wanger Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	November 19, 1937 (1937-11-19)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$523,869
Box office	$598,384

52nd Street is a 1937 American drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Ian Hunter. Leo Carrillo and Pat Paterson. An independent production by Walter Wanger it was distributed by United Artists. It portrays the rise of 52nd Street in Manhattan as a major hub of nightclubs in the 1930s.

Plot

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Cast

Ian Hunter as Rufus Rondell
Leo Carrillo as Fiorello Zamarelli
Pat Paterson as Margaret Rondell
Ella Logan as Betty
Zasu Pitts as Letitia Rondell
Marla Shelton as Evelyn Macy Rondell
Collette Lyons as Minnie
Dorothy Peterson as Adela Rondell
Kenny Baker as 'Benny' Zamarelli
Al Shean as Klauber
Sid Silvers as Sid
Jack White as Jack
Jack Adair as Porky
George Tapps as George Tapps
Jerry Colonna as Specialty Vocalist
Roman Bohnen as James
Wade Boteler as Butler
Pat Harrington Sr. as Pat Harrington
Al Norman as Al Norman
Maurice Rocco as Maurice Rocco
Dotty Saulter as Dorothy
Delmar Watson as Young Benjamin
Frank Mills as Party Guest
Edmund Mortimer as Nightclub Patron
Cyril Ring as Nightclub Patron
Mary MacLaren as Nightclub Patron
Jim Thorpe as Street Thug
Frank O'Connor as Policeman

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $4,392.

References

^ Matthew Bernstein, Walter Wagner: Hollywood Independent, Minnesota Press, 2000 p438

Bibliography

Stumpf, Charles. ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career. McFarland, 2010.

External links

52nd Street at IMDb
52nd Street at the TCM Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Harold Young
Leave It to Blanche (1934) Too Many Millions (1934) The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Without Regret (1935) Woman Trap (1936) My American Wife (1936) Let Them Live (1937) 52nd Street (1937) Little Tough Guy (1938) The Storm (1938) Newsboys' Home (1938) Code of the Streets (1939) The Forgotten Woman (1939) Hero for a Day (1939) Sabotage (1939) Dreaming Out Loud (1940) Bachelor Daddy (1941) Swing It Soldier (1941) Juke Box Jenny (1942) There's One Born Every Minute (1942) Rubber Racketeers (1942) The Mummy's Tomb (1942) Hi'ya, Chum (1943) Hi, Buddy (1943) I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943) Spy Train (1943) Machine Gun Mama (1944) The Three Caballeros (1944) Song of the Sarong (1945) I'll Remember April (1945) The Frozen Ghost (1945) Jungle Captive (1945) Roogie's Bump (1954) Carib Gold (1957)

Films directed by Harold Young

Leave It to Blanche (1934)
Too Many Millions (1934)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
Without Regret (1935)
Woman Trap (1936)
My American Wife (1936)
Let Them Live (1937)
52nd Street (1937)
Little Tough Guy (1938)
The Storm (1938)
Newsboys' Home (1938)
Code of the Streets (1939)
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
Hero for a Day (1939)
Sabotage (1939)
Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
Bachelor Daddy (1941)
Swing It Soldier (1941)
Juke Box Jenny (1942)
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
Rubber Racketeers (1942)
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Hi'ya, Chum (1943)
Hi, Buddy (1943)
I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)
Spy Train (1943)
Machine Gun Mama (1944)
The Three Caballeros (1944)
Song of the Sarong (1945)
I'll Remember April (1945)
The Frozen Ghost (1945)
Jungle Captive (1945)
Roogie's Bump (1954)
Carib Gold (1957)

v t e Films produced by Walter Wanger
The Sheik (1921) The Cocoanuts (1929) The Lady Lies (1929) Applause (1929) Roadhouse Nights (1930) Tarnished Lady (1931) Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Going Hollywood (1933) Another Language (1933) Queen Christina (1933) The President Vanishes (1934) Private Worlds (1935) Smart Girl (1935) Every Night at Eight (1935) Shanghai (1935) Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) The Moon's Our Home (1936) Her Master's Voice (1936) The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) Fatal Lady (1936) Palm Springs (1936) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) Big Brown Eyes (1936) Spendthrift (1936) You Only Live Once (1937) Vogues of 1938 (1937) History Is Made At Night (1937) Stand-In (1937) 52nd Street (1937) Trade Winds (1938) Blockade (1938) Algiers (1938) I Met My Love Again (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Winter Carnival (1939) Eternally Yours (1939) Foreign Correspondent (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Slightly Honorable (1940) The House Across the Bay (1940) Sundown (1941) Eagle Squadron (1942) Arabian Nights (1942) We've Never Been Licked (1943) Gung Ho! (1943) Ladies Courageous (1944) Scarlet Street (1945) Salome, Where She Danced (1945) Night in Paradise (1946) Canyon Passage (1946) Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947) The Lost Moment (1947) Tap Roots (1948) Joan of Arc (1948) Secret Beyond the Door (1948) The Reckless Moment (1949) Reign of Terror (1949) Tulsa (1949) Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Battle Zone (1952) Fort Vengeance (1953) Kansas Pacific (1953) Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Navy Wife (1956) I Want to Live! (1958) Cleopatra (1963)

Films produced by Walter Wanger

The Sheik (1921)
The Cocoanuts (1929)
The Lady Lies (1929)
Applause (1929)
Roadhouse Nights (1930)
Tarnished Lady (1931)
Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Another Language (1933)
Queen Christina (1933)
The President Vanishes (1934)
Private Worlds (1935)
Smart Girl (1935)
Every Night at Eight (1935)
Shanghai (1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
The Moon's Our Home (1936)
Her Master's Voice (1936)
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
Fatal Lady (1936)
Palm Springs (1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Spendthrift (1936)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
History Is Made At Night (1937)
Stand-In (1937)
52nd Street (1937)
Trade Winds (1938)
Blockade (1938)
Algiers (1938)
I Met My Love Again (1938)
Stagecoach (1939)
Winter Carnival (1939)
Eternally Yours (1939)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Slightly Honorable (1940)
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Sundown (1941)
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Arabian Nights (1942)
We've Never Been Licked (1943)
Gung Ho! (1943)
Ladies Courageous (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
Night in Paradise (1946)
Canyon Passage (1946)
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947)
The Lost Moment (1947)
Tap Roots (1948)
Joan of Arc (1948)
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Reign of Terror (1949)
Tulsa (1949)
Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)
Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
Battle Zone (1952)
Fort Vengeance (1953)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Navy Wife (1956)
I Want to Live! (1958)
Cleopatra (1963)

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