An American Tragedy (1931)

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man from a poor background gets involved with two women from different social classes. His choices lead to a tragic outcome.

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What happens

An American Tragedy is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy and its 1926 stage adaptation, which were inspired by the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York. Dreiser's novel would again be adapted by Paramount as the 1951 film A Place in the Sun. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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