...One Third of a Nation...
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| Directed by | Dudley Murphy |
| Screenplay by | Oliver H.P. Garrett Dudley Murphy |
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| Produced by | Harold Orlob |
| Starring | Sylvia Sidney Leif Erickson Myron McCormick Hiram Sherman Sidney Lumet Muriel Hutchison |
| Cinematography | William Miller |
| Edited by | Duncan Mansfield |
| Music by | Nathaniel Shilkret |
Production Template:Pluralize from text | Dudley Murphy Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
| Budget | under $200,000[1] or $165,000[2] |
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...One Third of a Nation... is a 1939 American drama film directed by Dudley Murphy and written by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Dudley Murphy. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson, Myron McCormick, Hiram Sherman, the future director Sidney Lumet and Muriel Hutchison. The film was released on February 10, 1939, by Paramount Pictures.[3][4][5]
Plot
When a fire breaks out in a run-down tenement in New York City, a young boy named Joey Rogers (Sidney Lumet) attempts to flee using a fire escape. It collapses due to ill repair, and Joey is severely injured. Joey's much older sister, Mary (Sylvia Sidney), rushes him to the hospital with the help of wealthy Peter Cortlant (Leif Erickson), who pays for Joey's medical bills on the spot. Cortlant is told by his business manager (Percy Waram) that he owns the building where the fire occurred.
The local district attorney investigates the fire, and tells Mary that the tenement's age means it was exempt from modern building safety codes. Since no tenants complained about the building before the fire, no crime has been committed. When Cortlant visits the tenement, he is warned to stay away from Mary by Mary's boyfriend, Sam (Myron McCormick).
Mary is upset when she learns that Cortlant owned her building. She removes Joey from the hospital. Crippled and suffering from delusions that the building is talking to him, Joey vows revenge on the tenement. Mary meets with Cortlant, and convinces him to turn his decrepit tenements into public housing and rebuild them. Appalled at the cost, Cortlant's sister, Ethel (Muriel Hutchison), tries to blackmail Cortlant into stopping the project by telling the press that he's having an affair with Mary.
Joey dies after setting fire to the tenement. Sam tells Cortlant that he will marry Mary to avoid scandal, which allows Cortlant to proceed with his plan.
Cast
- Sylvia Sidney as Mary Rogers
- Leif Erickson as Peter Cortlant
- Myron McCormick as Sam Moon
- Hiram Sherman as Donald Hinchley
- Sidney Lumet as Joey Rogers
- Muriel Hutchison as Ethel Cortlant
- Percy Waram as Arthur Mather
- Otto Hulett as Assistant District Attorney
- Horace Sinclair as John
- Iris Adrian as Myrtle
- Charles Dingle as Mr. Rogers
- Edmonia Nolley as Mrs. Rogers
- Hugh Cameron as Mr. Cassidy
- Julia Fassett as Mrs. Cassidy
- Baruch Lumet as Mr. Rosen
- Byron Russell as Insp. Castle
- Robert George as Building Inspector
- Wayne Nunn as Insp. Waller
- Max Hirsch as Mr. Cohen
- Miriam Goldina as Mrs. Cohen
- Bea Hendricks as Min
- William Pote as Jim
- Stan Harper as harmonica player (uncredited)
Production
It was the last feature film shot at Astoria Studios in New York until its reopening in the 1970s.[6]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Orb's 2nd in Astoria to be 'Trial Honeymoon'". Variety. February 15, 1939. p. 5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Orlob's Astoria-Made to Precede Howard's". Variety. December 14, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."one third of a nation... (1939) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. October 1, 2011. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nugent, Frank S. (February 11, 1939). "Movie Review - One Third of a Nation - THE SCREEN; Dudley Murphy's Film of 'One-third of a Nation' Opens at the Rivoli-'Tail Spin' at Roxy". NYTimes.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."...One Third of a Nation..." Afi.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Old Par Studio in Astoria Gets Ritual Revival". Variety. November 12, 1975. p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2022 – via Archive.org.
