Vanity Street

Vanity Street
Directed by	Nick Grinde
Written by	Frank Cavett Edwards Roberts Gertrude Purcell Robert Riskin [1]
Produced by	Harry Cohn
Starring	Charles Bickford Helen Chandler Mayo Methot
Cinematography	Joseph H. August
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 15, 1932 (1932-10-15)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Vanity Street is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot. ^[2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

A New York policeman assists a woman when she's down-on-her-luck, helping her get a job at the Follies. She falling in love with him but he for some reason pushes her away, and right into the arms of a no-good thief. When he finds himself arresting her for a murder, he knows she did not commit it, so he sets out to clear her by finding the real killer.

Cast

• Charles Bickford as Brian Murphy
• Helen Chandler as Jeanie Gregg
• Mayo Methot as Fern Cavan
• George Meeker as Val French
• Arthur Hoyt as Albert Kerr- aka Mr. Tidy
• Raymond Hatton as Shorty
• Ruth Channing as Rose Marie
• Dolores Ray as Susan
• Claudia Morgan as Lou
• Ann Fay as Mary Ann
• Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. Truitt - Mary Ann's Mother
• May Beatty as Mrs. Dantry
• Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Grogan
• Eddie Boland as Joe
• Eddy Chandler as Taxi Driver
• Clay Clement as Samuel D. Marcus - Producer
• Sumner Getchell as Scottie
• Ben Hall as Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat
• Lew Kelly as Justice of the Peace
• J.M. Kerrigan as Dan - Irish Cop
• Fuzzy Knight as Drunk
• Walter McGrail as Detective Hanson
• Lee Phelps as Detective
• Hal Price as Bennie
• Florence Roberts as Annie - Fern's Maid
• Buddy Roosevelt as Stage Door Johnnie
• Matty Roubert as Newspaper Vendor
• Harry Schultz as Bartender
• Harry Semels as Italian Street Workman
• Ruthelma Stevens as Show Girl

References

1. Scott, p. 42
2. Scott p.42

Bibliography

• Ian Scott. In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

External links

• Vanity Street at IMDb