Back Street (1932)
- Directed by
- John M. Stahl
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman becomes the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. She devotes her entire life to him, always staying in the background.
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What happens
Back Street is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. Based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. The devotion and love of the woman to the married man determines that she will be the “back streets” of him in the whole life; a story of a love that was not destined. This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's novel; remakes were released in 1941 and 1961. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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