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The House on 56th Street

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Wikipedia article




'The House on 56th Street' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, starring Kay Francis as a woman sent to prison for twenty years for a murder she did not commit. When she is released, her husband is dead, and her daughter (played by Margaret Lindsay) has been told Peggy is also dead.

Plot summary



Cast



* Kay Francis as Peggy Martin Van Tyle aka Peggy Stone

* Ricardo Cortez as Bill Blaine

* Gene Raymond as Monte Van Tyle (Monty Van Tyle in the opening credits)

* John Halliday as Lyndon Fiske

* Margaret Lindsay as Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess

* Frank McHugh as Chester Hunt

* William "Stage" Boyd as Mr. Bonelli (as William Boyd)

* Hardie Albright as Henry Burgess

* Sheila Terry as Dolly

* Phillip Reed as Freddy

* Walter Walker as Dr. Wyman

* Nella Walker as Eleanor Van Tyle

Reception



According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $410,000 in the U.S. and Canada and $284,000 elsewhere.

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