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Now best known for his comic masterpiece three men in a boat jerome k jerome was once also famous for a major west end and broadway hit the passing of the third floor back.

The passing of the third floor back play.

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The passing of the third floor back is a 1935 british drama film directed by austrian berthold viertel. Forbes robertson had been knighted by king george v in 1913 and had retired from acting in theatre that same year. Passing of the third floor back book. This book was converted from its physical edition to.

The passing of the third floor back is a 1935 british drama film directed by berthold viertel and starring conrad veidt anna lee rene ray and frank cellier. After a successful run in london from 1908 it transferred for a year to new york until 1910 starring one of the great classical english actors of the day johnston forbes robertson. Read 8 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. The star of the film is sir johnston forbes robertson a legendary shakespearean actor who starred in the 1909 broadway presentation of the play and its 1913 revival.

2 the publishers have pleasure in announcing the issue for the first time of jerome k. The film is based on a 1908 play and short story by jerome k. Jerome s great play the passing of the third floor back which has had such enormous success in all parts of the world. It starred conrad veidt with anna lee rené ray and.

The passing of the third floor back if anything is a story about humanity and the struggle of recognizing another person s humanity in the face of ones own troubles the film follows a tenant building full of petty bitter bickering lodgers who are suddenly joined by a mysterious stranger whose presence helps the residents step back and see and treat each other as fellow human beings. Jerome and depicts the various small minded inhabitants of a building and the arrival of a stranger who works to redeem them. The passing of the third floor back 1h 6min drama may 1918 usa to a rooming house which has fallen on hard times comes the stranger an unknown but gentle man who is given the back room on the third floor.