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Title:

City streets / screenplay by Oliver H.P. Garrett ; adapted by Max Marcin ; directed by Robert Mamoulian ; a Paramount picture.

Publisher:

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Criminals--Drama.
False imprisonment--Drama.
Criminals.
False imprisonment.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.
Romance films.
Feature films.
Film noir.
Romance films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.
Paramount Productions, production company.
Garrett, Oliver H. P. (Oliver Hart Palmer), 1897-1952, screenwriter.
Mamoulian, Rouben, film director.
Marcin, Max, 1879-1948, screenwriter.
Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, actor.
Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999, actor.
Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971, actor.
Gibson, Wynne, 1898-1987, actor.
Boyd, William, 1890-1935, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. City streets.

Notes:

Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sydney, Paul Lukas, Wynne Gibson and William Boyd. Title from container. From a story by Dashiell Hammett. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931. Full screen (1.33:1).

Summary:

Mobster's daughter (Sydney) falls in love with carnival showman (Cooper). She tries to persuade him to become a racketeer to support her lavish lifestyle. When her own father implicates her in a murder and she goes to prison, Cooper joins the racketeers in an effort to save her.

Series:

Universal vault series

OCLC:

(OCoLC)962760988

UPC:

025192384356

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)