Back Street (1941)
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxel, who is engaged to a socially prominent woman. Inadvertently prevented from running away with Walter, Ray remains single but reunites with him five years later. Despite Walter being married and having a son, Ray becomes his mistress, and over the years suffers social ostracism and long stretches of solitude while waiting for their brief interludes together.
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Writers:
Bruce Manning, Felix Jackson.
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Charles Boyer as Walter Louis Saxel |
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Margaret Sullavan as Ray Smith |
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Richard Carlson as Curt Stanton |
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Frank McHugh as Ed Porter |
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Tim Holt as Richard Saxel |
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Frank Jenks as Harry Niles |
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Esther Dale as Mrs. Smith |
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Peggy Stewart as Freda Smith |
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Samuel S. Hinds as Felix Darren |
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Nell O'Day as Elizabeth Saxel |
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Nella Walker as Corinne Saxel |
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Cecil Cunningham as Mrs. Miller |
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Irving Bacon as Ticket seller |
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Howard Hickman as Williams |
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Mary Forbes as Mrs. Williams |
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Charles Lane as Reporter for Associated News |
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Joseph Crehan as Postman |
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Dick Elliott as Hotel desk clerk |
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Ludwig Stössel as Louis |
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Selmer Jackson as Arthur the butler |
| Directing | Robert Stevenson | Director |
| Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Bruce Manning | Screenplay |
| Writing | Felix Jackson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fannie Hurst | Novel |
