Big City Blues

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Big City Blues is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Gregory La Cava, following a naive young man who moves to New York City and becomes entangled in the city's nightlife and troubles.

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Big City Blues canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ
basedOn story "Young Man of Manhattan" by Ward Morehouse ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographer Sidney Hickox ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Gregory La Cava ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
distributorCountry United States ⓘ
editor Owen Marks ⓘ
featuresActor Eric Linden ⓘ
Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
Joan Blondell ⓘ
filmFormat 35 mm ⓘ
follows naive young man who moves to New York City ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
pre-Code drama ⓘ
hasFilmRatingEra pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
hasTheme crime investigation ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
romance ⓘ
small-town innocence vs. big-city corruption ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage English ⓘ
mainCastMember Eric Linden ⓘ
Grant Mitchell ⓘ
Guy Kibbee ⓘ
Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
Joan Blondell ⓘ
Jobyna Howland ⓘ
Lyle Talbot ⓘ
Walter Catlett ⓘ
mainCharacter Bud Reeves ⓘ
linked to: Stuart Erwin
narrativeLocation Manhattan ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfFilmMovement Classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
plotTheme crime and trouble in the big city ⓘ
urban nightlife ⓘ
producer Darryl F. Zanuck ⓘ
Hal B. Wallis ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. ⓘ
releaseDecade 1930s ⓘ
releaseYear 1932 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 70 ⓘ
screenwriter Luther Reed ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 1930s ⓘ

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Gregory La Cava → notableWork → Big City Blues ⓘ
Eric Linden → notableWork → Big City Blues ⓘ