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n. 1 A usually small and narrow street or alley, especially one in inferior or poorer parts of a city, away from the centre. 2 A secret, clandestine or illegal scene.
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Back Street is a romance novel written by Fannie Hurst in 1931, with underlying themes of death and adultery. It has been filmed three times since its publication:
- In 1932 by director John M. Stahl, starring John Boles and Irene Dunne.
- In 1941 by director Robert Stevenson, starring Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan.
- In 1961 by director David Miller, starring Susan Hayward and John Gavin.
All three films were released by Universal Pictures, and the third was in Technicolor.
Back Street is a 1961 film made by Universal Pictures, directed by David Miller, and produced by Ross Hunter. The screenplay was written by William Ludwig and Eleanore Griffin based on the novel by Fannie Hurst. The music score is by Frank Skinner. The film stars Susan Hayward, John Gavin and Vera Miles.
The story follows two lovers who have limited opportunities to get together because one of them is married.
Hedda Hopper claims Hunter was considering Gregory Peck and William Holden for the lead until she suggested John Gavin.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color ( Jean Louis). Unlike the previous film versions, this one gives Susan Hayward plenty of opportunity to appear in Jean Louis's spectacular gowns. This was a trademark of Ross Hunter's remakes of older "weepies"; he employed the same method in Lana Turner's versions of Imitation of Life and Madame X.
Of all three screen versions of Back Street, this 1961 production took the most dramatic license with the novel. It is different from both the 1932 and 1941 screen versions in many ways - changing the names of several characters and updating the story to what was then the present day. Good examples of how the plotline was sensationalized in this third version are the attempted suicide and the fatal car crash.
Back Street is a 1941 drama film made by Universal Pictures, directed by Robert Stevenson. The film stars Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, also from Universal. The film follows the 1931 Fannie Hurst novel and the 1932 film version very closely, in some cases reproducing the earlier film scene-for-scene. It is a sympathetic tale of an adulterous woman and the man she loved.
The 1941 version was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music (Score of a Dramatic Picture) ( Frank Skinner).
Margaret Sullavan so much wanted Charles Boyer to play her leading man that she gave up her top billing in order to persuade him to play this unsympathetic role.
Back Street, Backstreet or Backstreets may refer to:
- a back street
Back Street is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Fannie Hurst, it tells the story of a woman who spends her life as the secret mistress of a wealthy married man. This was the first of three film versions of Hurst's novel; remakes were released in 1941 and 1961.
Back Street is an album by jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson, his second recording for the Muse label, featuring Donaldson's quartet with Herman Foster, Jeff Fuller, and Victor Jones.
The album was awarded 3 stars in an Allmusic review.
Usage examples of "back street".
The friend's stable had to be reached through a back street where you might as easily have been poisoned without expense of drugs as in any grim street of that unsanitary period.