An American Tragedy
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Phillips Holmes, Arline Judge
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Writer: Samuel Hoffenstein
Producer: Adolph Zukor, Jesse Louis Lasky
An American Tragedy is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy and its 1926 stage adaptation, which were inspired by the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York.
Trivia
- Based on An American Tragedy (1925 novel by Theodore Dreiser).
- Paramount Pictures purchased the film rights for Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy for $150,000.
- The widely acclaimed Russian director Sergei Eisenstein was hired to film the adaptation, with Dreiser's enthusiastic support.
- Paramount, with $500,000 already invested in the film, enlisted Josef von Sternberg to develop and direct his own film version of the novel.
Previous Showings
3 Runs • 2 Festivals
506 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (September 13, 1931)
Original Run: September 13, 1931 (Sunday - Monday)
All runs on record (3):
- September 13, 1931 (Sunday - Monday)Sylvia Sidney
- March 6 - 7, 2018 · 178 ticketsParamount Pictures That played at the Stanford Theatre From 1930 to 1935w/ Cradle Song
- April 3 - 4, 2025 · 328 ticketsLubitsch, Mamoulian, Sternberg Three Great Directorsw/ Broken Lullaby