One Third of a Nation

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One Third of a Nation ★★½ 1939

Depression era film contrasts the conditions of slum life with those in high society. A young entrepreneur inherits a city block in ruins, only to fall in love with a young woman who lives there and help her crippled brother. Timely social criticism. 79m/B VHS . Sylvia Sidney, Leif Erickson, Myron McCormick, Sidney Lumet; D: Dudley Murphy.

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