The House on 56th Street explained

The House on 56th Street
Director:	Robert Florey
Producer:	James Seymour
Music:	Bernhard Kaun
Starring:	Kay Francis Ricardo Cortez Gene Raymond John Halliday Margaret Lindsay
Cinematography:	Ernest Haller
Editing:	Howard Bretherton
Studio:	Warner Bros.
Distributor:	Warner Bros. The Vitaphone Corp.
Runtime:	68-69 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Budget:	$211,000^[1] ^[2]
Gross:	$694,000

The House on 56th Street is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film. The film's plot involves a miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and alienation of a prisoner from her only living relative.

Plot

A woman is sent to prison for twenty years for a murder she did not commit. When she is released, her husband is dead, and her daughter has been told Peggy is also dead.

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.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.kayfrancisfilms.com/2008/12/house-on-56th-street-1933.html The House on 56th Street at Kay Francis Films
2. Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 15 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551