The Big Street

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The Big Street is a 1942 romantic drama film starring Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, based on a Damon Runyon story and noted for Ball’s acclaimed dramatic performance.

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instanceOf film
romantic drama film
basedOn Damon Runyon short story "Little Pinks" NERFINISHED
story by Damon Runyon
cinematographyBy Nicholas Musuraca NERFINISHED
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Irving Reis NERFINISHED
distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED
editedBy Theron Warth NERFINISHED
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresTheme class differences
devotion
sacrifice
unrequited love
filmingStyle black-and-white
genre drama film
romance film
romantic drama
hasCharacter Augustus "Little Pinks" Pinkerton II NERFINISHED
Gloria Lyons NERFINISHED
hasFormat theatrical feature film
hasWorkType adaptation of short fiction
language English
musicBy Roy Webb NERFINISHED
narrativeLocation Miami NERFINISHED
New York City NERFINISHED
notableFor Lucille Ball’s dramatic performance
originalLanguage English
partOf American romantic drama cinema of the 1940s
portrays waiter devoted to a nightclub singer
producer Pandro S. Berman NERFINISHED
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
releaseDate 1942-08-13
releaseYear 1942
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Leonard Spigelgass NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1930s
starring Agnes Moorehead NERFINISHED
Barton MacLane NERFINISHED
Eugene Pallette NERFINISHED
George Cleveland NERFINISHED
Henry Fonda NERFINISHED
Lucille Ball NERFINISHED
Ray Collins NERFINISHED
Sam Levene NERFINISHED
William T. Orr NERFINISHED

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Lorraine Miller notableWork The Big Street
Carroll Clark notableWork The Big Street