Hurst, Fannie, 1889-1968. Back street

found: Lazarou, George A. Memories of Hollywood, 1932, 2004:title page (Fannie Hurst's Back street)

found: IMDb, November 6, 2020(Back street (1932); Drama, Romance; directed by John M. Stahl; writing credits: Fannie Hurst (novel), Gladys Lehman (screenplay) and Lynn Starling (screenplay), Gene Fowler (uncredited), Ben Hecht (uncredited))

found: Wikipedia, November 6, 2020:Back Street (novel) (Back Street is a romance novel written by Fannie Hurst in 1931; it has been filmed four times since its publication: In 1932 by director John M. Stahl; In 1941 by director Robert Stevenson; In 1948 by director Esther Eng, who changed the story's setting to the Chinese-American community in San Francisco; In 1961 by director David Miller; the 1932, 1941, and 1961 versions were released by Universal Pictures) Fannie Hurst (Fannie Hurst (October 19, 1885-February 23, 1968) was an American novelist and short-story writer; her novels, including Lummox (1923), Back Street (1931), and Imitation of Life (1933), lost popularity over time and were mostly out-of-print as of the 2000s) Back Street (1932 film) (Back Street is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and John Boles; based on novel of the same name by Fannie Hurst; remakes were released in 1941 and 1961)