The House on 56th Street

The House on 56th Street is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, starring Kay Francis as a woman sent to prison for twenty years for a murder she did not commit. When she is released, her husband is dead and her daughter (played by Margaret Lindsay) has been told Peggy is also dead.

Contents

• Cast
• Reception
• References

Cast

Kay Francis as Peggy Martin Van Tyle aka Peggy Stone

Ricardo Cortez as Bill Blaine

Gene Raymond as Monte Van Tyle (Monty Van Tyle in the opening credits)

John Halliday as Lyndon Fiske

Margaret Lindsay as Eleanor Van Tyle Burgess

Frank McHugh as Chester Hunt

William "Stage" Boyd as Mr. Bonelli (as William Boyd)

Hardie Albright as Henry Burgess

Sheila Terry as Dolly

Phillip Reed as Freddy

Walter Walker as Dr. Wyman

Nella Walker as Eleanor Van Tyle

Reception

According to Warner Bros.records the film earned $410,000 in the US and Canada and $284,000 elsewhere.