Society Lawyer

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Society Lawyer
Eduardo Ciannelli in Society Lawyer trailer.jpg
Eduardo Ciannelli in the film
Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Screenplay by Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Leon Gordon
Hugo Butler
Based onPenthouse
1935 novel
by Arthur Somers Roche
Produced by John W. Considine Jr.
Louis D. Lighton
Starring Walter Pidgeon
Virginia Bruce
Cinematography George J. Folsey
Edited byHoward O'Neill
Music by Edward Ward
Production
company
Release date
  • March 21, 1939 (1939-03-21)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$232,000 [1]
Box office$472,000 [1]

Society Lawyer is a 1939 crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. It is a milder remake of the pre-Code Penthouse (1933).

Contents

Plot

Cast

Box office

According to MGM records the film made $312,000 in the US and Canada and $160,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $64,000. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.