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  • ...One Third of a Nation... (1939)
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    79 min | Drama
...One Third of a Nation... (1939)
Approved
79 min | Drama

A fire in a run-down tenement building injures young Joey Rogers. Wealthy passerby Peter Cortlant rushes the boy and his attractive older sister Mary to the hospital and pays the medical expenses for the poverty-stricken family. Only later...See moreA fire in a run-down tenement building injures young Joey Rogers. Wealthy passerby Peter Cortlant rushes the boy and his attractive older sister Mary to the hospital and pays the medical expenses for the poverty-stricken family. Only later does Peter learn that the firetrap tenement is one of his own vast real estate holdings. Faced with his own unwitting complicity in the deaths and injuries resultant from the fire and with his growing attachment to Mary, Peter decides to tear down his tenements and erect decent affordable housing. But his family is aghast at his plan and plots to wreck it. Written by Jim Beaver See less
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Director
Writers
Oliver H.P. Garrett (screenplay by) | Arthur Arent (from the play by) | Dudley Murphy (adaptation by)
Producer
Harold Orlob (produced by)
Cinematographer
William Miller (photography)
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Updated Feb 10, 1939

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Feb 10, 1939 (United States)

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25 cast members
Name Known for
Sylvia Sidney
Mary Rogers (as Sylvia Sydney) Mary Rogers (as Sylvia Sydney)   See fewer
Leif Erickson
Peter Cortlant (as Leif Erikson) Peter Cortlant (as Leif Erikson)   See fewer
Myron McCormick
Sam Moon Sam Moon   See fewer
Hiram Sherman
Donald Hinchley Donald Hinchley   See fewer
Sidney Lumet
Joey Rogers Joey Rogers   See fewer
Muriel Hutchison
Ethel Cortlant Ethel Cortlant   See fewer
Percy Waram
Arthur Mather Arthur Mather   See fewer
Otto Hulett
Assistant District Attorney (as Otto Hulitt) Assistant District Attorney (as Otto Hulitt)   See fewer
Horace Sinclair
John (Butler) John (Butler)   See fewer
Iris Adrian
Myrtle Myrtle   See fewer
Charles Dingle
Mr. Rogers Mr. Rogers   See fewer
Edmonia Nolley
Mrs. Rogers Mrs. Rogers   See fewer
Hugh Cameron
Mr. Cassidy Mr. Cassidy   See fewer
Julia Fassett
Mrs. Cassidy Mrs. Cassidy   See fewer
Baruch Lumet
Mr. Rosen Mr. Rosen   See fewer
Byron Russell
Inspector Castle Inspector Castle   See fewer
Robert George
Building Inspector Building Inspector   See fewer
Wayne Nunn
Inspector Waller Inspector Waller   See fewer
Max Hirsch
Mr. Cohen (1870) Mr. Cohen (1870)   See fewer
Miriam Goldina
Mrs. Cohen (1870) Mrs. Cohen (1870)   See fewer
William Challee
Reporter (uncredited) Reporter (uncredited)   See fewer
Jeff Corey
Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited) Man in Crowd at Fire (uncredited)   See fewer
George Lessey
Doctor (uncredited) Doctor (uncredited)   See fewer
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