Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)

Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is ... See full summary »

Director:

Roy Rowland

Writers:

Angna Enters (story), Eleanore Griffin

Stars:

Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, George Murphy

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Margaret O'Brien	...	Flavia Mills
Angela Lansbury	...	Susan Bratten
George Murphy	...	Steve Abbutt
Phyllis Thaxter	...	Helen Mills
Warner Anderson	...	Joseph Mills
Rhys Williams	...	Blind Mac
Barry Nelson	...	Al Parker
Connie Gilchrist	...	Mrs. Murphy
Tom Trout	...	Daniel Oliver Madson
Richard Tyler	...	Jimmy Madson (as Dickie Tyler)
Henry Blair	...	Rad Ardley
Charles Cane	...	Parole Officer
Richard Lane	...	Street Vendor

Storyline

Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is approached by his old associates. When Flavia discovers the truth about Steve, she loses all faith in her family and in God, and it will take a miracle to restore Flavia's belief and Steve out of trouble.

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Plot Keywords:

new york city | lying | lie | little girl | gullibility | 

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Taglines:

Thrilling story of people who love and live in the shadow of Gangland!

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 February 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

La calle de los sueños

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,791,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Flavias block party speech is taken from President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to the Young Democratic Club in Baltimore, Maryland on April 13, 1936.

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Goofs

Flavia brings home a loaf of "dark bread, your daddy's favorite", as her mother says. One look at the wrapper clearly reveals it to be Wonder Bread, which at the time made only white bread.

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Quotes

Narrator-Visitor to Tenth Avenue: Hey, you! Will you keep out of the street!
Flavia Mills: Why? It's my street!

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Connections

Featured in Forecast (1945)

User Reviews

All Too Human

Tenth Avenue Angel is a film about growing up and also about the disadvantages of same. It's never easy to discover that family and friends are sometimes all too human.

Which is what happens to Margaret O'Brien as a little world she's created in her own mind. The biggest bit of disillusionment comes from George Murphy who is the fiancé of her aunt Angela Lansbury. True to the code of the street Murphy whose cab was used by holdup men clammed up and did nine months as an accessory. But young O'Brien has been told he's been on a trip around the world.

It's not easy with her parents either. Her father Warner Anderson is an out of work musician and her mother Phyllis Thaxter is having one difficult pregnancy. On Christmas as Thaxter is in labor, Margaret may have to face the possibility of losing her. That's never easy at any age.

Although at times Margaret O'Brien can be cloying and a bit much, in Tenth Avenue Angel she hits the mark of your heart strings. She put just the right amount of sentiment into her performance and face it, the film rises and falls on what she does on the screen and how you accept her.

Tenth Avenue Angel is a wonderful family film about a little girl's Christmas in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York. And it holds up well for today.