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East of Fifth Avenue (1933)

East of Fifth Avenue poster
Directed by
Albert S. Rogell
Genre
drama
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the lives of people living in a low-cost boarding house in New York City. It shows their struggles and interactions with each other.

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What happens

East of Fifth Avenue is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Wallace Ford, Mary Carlisle and Dorothy Tree. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The plot revolves around the inhabitants of a cheap New York boarding house. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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