Side Streets, also known in the UK as A Woman in Her Thirties, is a 1934 American romantic melodrama film starring Aline MacMahon and Paul Kelly. The screenplay concerns a spinster who hires, then marries, a destitute sailor who is not always faithful.
Plot summary
Cast
Aline MacMahon as Bertha Krasnoff
Paul Kelly as Tim O'Hara
Ann Dvorak as Marguerite Gilbert
Dorothy Tree as Ilka
Helen Lowell as Tillie
Henry O'Neill as George Richards
Mayo Methot as Maizie Roach
Renee Whitney as Mabel Vernon
Lynn Browning as Madeline Ware
Lorena Layson as Helen Ware
Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Richards
Clay Clement as Jack
Paul Kaye as Ray
Reception
The New York Times film critic Mordaunt Hall panned Side Streets, calling it "one of those wearying examples of writing down to what the studio believes to be the intelligence level of certain cinema audiences." However, he note that "Miss MacMahon and Mr. Kelly do all that is possible with their thankless roles. Ann Dvorak and Helen Lowell also make the most of their scant opportunities."
Box office
According to records at Warner Bros., the film earned $126,000 in the U.S. and $65,000 in other markets.