The Big Street

E944551

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Big Street canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ