Underplayed Gems

Back Street (1932)

Back Street poster
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
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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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