An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy

Director: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Phillips Holmes
Phillips Holmes
, Frances Dee
Frances Dee
, Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
, Irving Pichel
Irving Pichel
Josef von Sternberg
An American Tragedy

An American Tragedy

Director: Josef von Sternberg Cast: Phillips Holmes
Phillips Holmes
, Frances Dee
Frances Dee
, Sylvia Sidney
Sylvia Sidney
, Irving Pichel
Irving Pichel
Josef von Sternberg

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Overview

Though his parents are street evangelists, Clyde Griffiths (Phillips Holmes) grows up in squalor, but not without ambitions. He first works as a bellhop in Kansas City, but when he's the passenger in a car that kills a little girl, Clyde fears he'll be arrested and flees town. His wealthy uncle Samuel Griffiths (Frederick Burton) gets Clyde a job at a shirt factory in upstate New York where the young man soon becomes foreman of a department that employs only young women. He is attracted to Roberta Alden (Sylvia Sidney), known as "Bert," and though company policy forbids them to fraternize, they begin secretly dating on weekends. Eventually, Clyde seduces the smitten Bert, even though he has already become attracted to Sondra Finchley (Frances Dee), the daughter of a wealthy family. Clyde and Sondra fall in love, and she promises to marry him when she's of age, but by now, Bert has informed Clyde that she is pregnant. With vague thoughts of drowning her in mind, Clyde takes Bert on a vacation in the Adirondacks. While canoeing, he decides not to kill her, but to honorably marry her instead. He reveals to Bert what he'd planned, and in shock, she accidentally falls overboard. However, instead of rescuing her, Clyde swims to shore, and Bert drowns. Eventually, the police track him down and he is arrested, resulting in a trial that gains national attention.

Product Details

Release Date: 08/11/2015
UPC: 0025192313332
Original Release: 1931
Source: Universal
Language: English
Time: 1:37:00
Sales rank: 8,867

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Phillips Holmes Clyde Griffiths
Frances Dee Sondra Finchley
Sylvia Sidney Roberta Alden
Irving Pichel Orville Mason
Frederick Burton Samuel Griffiths
Claire McDowell Mrs. Samuel Griffiths
Wallace Middleton Gilbert Griffiths,Jephson,Jephson
Vivian Winston Myra Griffiths
Emmett Corrigan Belknap
Lucille La Verne Mrs. Asa Griffiths
Albert Hart Titus Alden
Fanny Midgley Mrs. Alden
Arline Judge Bella Griffiths
Evelyn Pierce Bertine Cranson
Arnold Korff Judge
Elizabeth Forrester Jill Trumbell
Imboden Parrish Earl Newcomb
Russ Powell Coroner Fred Heit,Fred Heit, coroner
Dick Cramer Deputy Sheriff Kraut
Claire Dodd Grace Warren
George Irving Finchley

Technical Credits
Josef von Sternberg Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Jesse Lasky Producer
Adolph Zukor Producer
Samuel Hoffenstein Screenwriter
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