Girl Missing
Brief Synopsis
A new bride disappears from her honeymoon hotel the same night a dead body pops up.
Cast & Crew
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Robert Florey
Director
Glenda Farrell
Kay Curtis
Ben Lyon
Henry Gibson
Mary Brian
June Dale
Lyle Talbot
Raymond Fox
Guy Kibbee
Kenneth Van Dusen
Film Details
Also Known As
The Blue Moon Murder Case
Genre
Suspense/Mystery
Drama
Release Date
Mar
4,
1933
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Distribution Company
The Vitaphone Corp.; Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 9m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Synopsis
After June Dale refuses to let wealthy Kenneth Van Dusen make love to her, he leaves her and her friend Kay Curtis to pay their own Palm Beach hotel bill. Later, when June and Kay see an engagement announcement of fellow showgirl Daisy Bradford to millionaire Henry Gibson, they decide to ask her for the money to leave town, but she pretends not to know them. Kay then tries to win their train fare by gambling, but loses everything on a double or nothing throw. Later, the women run into Daisy's former boyfriend, Raymond Fox, who offers them train fare and tries to rush them out of town. Because June is flirting with Henry in the hotel elevator, however, the women miss their train and have to stay in town for the night. The next morning, Henry marries Daisy and they leave on their honeymoon. At the hotel, Daisy complains of a headache and lies down to rest. Henry leaves their room to smoke a cigarette and when he returns, Daisy is missing and racketeer Jim Hendricks is found murdered in the garden. Henry offers a large reward for information and Kay, suspicious of Raymond's presence in town, decides to find Daisy and claim the reward. The women tell Henry that Daisy is not really a socialite and reveal their suspicions about Raymond. Henry does not believe them, until having seen Raymond's chauffeur fooling around with Henry's car, they stop him just before the wheel falls off his car. Kay suggests that they wreck the car to make it appear that the chauffeur's sabotage was successful and lure the responsible people into the open. Meanwhile, the police have forced the actors playing Daisy's parents to confess that their plan was to arrange a scandal so Hendricks could blackmail Henry. Despite Henry's protests, Kay tells the papers that he died in the automobile accident, hoping that Daisy will return when she hears the news. Daisy does return, claiming that Henry drugged her and had her kidnapped, and when Hendricks tried to stop it, Henry murdered him. Kay believes that Hendricks discovered that Daisy was going to elope with Raymond and when he tried to stop her, Raymond killed him and arranged for Henry's murder. To prove her point, she grabs a gun and forces Daisy to call Raymond, who confesses to the murder. Henry immediately leaves for Reno, planning to marry June after his divorce.
Director
Robert Florey
Director
Cast
Glenda Farrell
Kay Curtis
Ben Lyon
Henry Gibson
Mary Brian
June Dale
Lyle Talbot
Raymond Fox
Guy Kibbee
Kenneth Van Dusen
Harold Huber
Jim Hendricks
Edward Ellis
Inspector
Peggy Shannon
Daisy
Helen Ware
Mrs. Bradford
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Alvin Bradford
George Pat Collins
Crawford
Louise Beavers
Julie
Mike Marita
Fred Kelsey
Crew
Film Details
Also Known As
The Blue Moon Murder Case
Genre
Suspense/Mystery
Drama
Release Date
Mar
4,
1933
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Distribution Company
The Vitaphone Corp.; Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 9m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Articles
Girl Missing
A new bride disappears from her honeymoon hotel the same night a dead body pops up.
Girl Missing
A new bride disappears from her honeymoon hotel the same night a dead body pops up.
Quotes
It's for us all right. It says "for the g.d. sisters." I don't know if he means gold diggers or another well-known word.- Kay Curtis
Trivia
Notes
The film's working title was The Blue Moon Murder Case. News items in Film Daily indicated that Murray Kinnell, Walter Huston and William Powell were considered for roles in the film and that Florence Ryerson initially was assigned to write the script. Production reports in the file on the film at the AMPAS Library note that the film was shot in thirteen days for a total cost of $107,000.
