One Third of a Nation (1939)
Adapted from a play which was originally produced by the Federal Theatre Project (part of the WPA), this is a film from the Depression era which shows the disparity between life in the slums and the life of the upper class. When a young man inherits a city block in the ghetto, he begins to meet those who live there. One, a young boy, had been crippled in a fire which ripped through his tenement. He meets and falls in love with this young boy's sister as well. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sylvia Sidney, Myron McCormick, (more)
- Director(s):
- Dudley Murphy
Synopsis of One Third of a Nation
Adapted from a play which was originally produced by the Federal Theatre Project (part of the WPA), this is a film from the Depression era which shows the disparity between life in the slums and the life of the upper class. When a young man inherits a city block in the ghetto, he begins to meet those who live there. One, a young boy, had been crippled in a fire which ripped through his tenement. He meets and falls in love with this young boy's sister as well. ~ Tana Hobart, Rovi
Complete Cast of One Third of a Nation
- Sylvia Sidney - Mary Rogers
- Sidney Lumet - Joey Rogers
- Horace Sinclair - John, butler
- Charles Dingle - Mr. Rogers
- Hugh Cameron - Mr. Cassidy
- Baruch Lumet - Mr. Rosen
- Robert George - Building Inspector
- Leif Erickson - Peter Cortlant
- Otto Hulett - Assistant District Attorney
- Myron McCormick - Sam Moon
- Percy Waram - Arthur Mather
- Iris Adrian - Myrtle
- Edmonia Nolley - Mrs. Rogers
- Julia Fassett - Mrs. Cassidy
- Byron Russell - Inspector Castle
- Miriam Goldina - Mrs. Cohen
- Hiram Sherman - Donald Hinchley
- Muriel Hutchinson - Ethel Corliant
- Director(s):
- Dudley Murphy
- Writer(s):
- Oliver H.P. Garrett, Dudley Murphy
- Producer(s):
- Dudley Murphy
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