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Society Lawyer
Eduardo Ciannelli in the film
Directed byEdwin L. Marin
Screenplay byFrances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Leon Gordon
Hugo Butler
Based onPenthouse
1935 novel
byArthur 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

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

  • March 21, 1939 (1939-03-21)

Running time

77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$232,000[1]
Box office$472,000[1]

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).

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Cast

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Box office

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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

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