Society Lawyer is a 1939 crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Walter Pidgeon and Virginia Bruce. It is a milder remake of the pre-Code Penthouse (1933).

Society Lawyer
Eduardo Ciannelli in the film
Directed byEdwin L. Marin
Screenplay byFrances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Leon Gordon
Hugo Butler
Based onPenthouse
1935 novel
by Arthur Somers Roche
Produced byJohn W. Considine Jr.
Louis D. Lighton
StarringWalter Pidgeon
Virginia Bruce
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byHoward O'Neill
Music byEdward Ward
Production
company
Release date
  • March 21, 1939 (1939-03-21)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$232,000[1]
Box office$472,000[1]

Plot

edit

Cast

edit

Box office

edit

According to MGM records the film made $312,000 in the US and Canada and $160,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $64,000.[1]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
edit