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"
story by Damon Runyon
cinematographyBy Nicholas Musuraca
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States
director Irving Reis
distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures
editedBy Theron Warth
era 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
linked to: Major Pinkerton

Gloria Lyons
hasFormat theatrical feature film
hasWorkType adaptation of short fiction
language English
musicBy Roy Webb
narrativeLocation Miami
New York City
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
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
releaseDate 1942-08-13
releaseYear 1942
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Leonard Spigelgass
setInPeriod 1930s
starring Agnes Moorehead
Barton MacLane
Eugene Pallette
George Cleveland
Henry Fonda
Lucille Ball
Ray Collins
Sam Levene
William T. Orr NERFINISHED

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Lorraine Miller notableWork The Big Street
Carroll Clark notableWork The Big Street
Lina Romay notableWork The Big Street
Erskine Sanford notableWork The Big Street
S. Sylvan Simon directed The Big Street
Osa Massen notableWork The Big Street