An American Tragedy (1931)
1h 36m
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August 22, 1931Release Date
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A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
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An American Tragedy (1931) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on Theodore Dreiser's 1925 novel An American Tragedy and the 1926 play adaptation. These were based on the historic 1906 murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette at Big Moose Lake in upstate New York.The novel would again be adapted in the 1951 Paramount release A Place in the Sun.