Career Girl
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Cast & Crew
Wallace W. Fox
Miss Frances Langford
Edward Norris
Iris Adrian
Craig Woods
Lorraine Krueger
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Synopsis
As her bank account shrinks after weeks of unsuccessfully searching for a theatrical engagement on Broadway, talented singer Joan Terry takes lodgings at Barton Hall, a modest theatrical hotel for women. There she meets a group of women all eagerly trying to start theatrical careers: Thelma Mason, a Brooklyn burlesque queen with a phony regal air; Sue Collins, a sweet, naïve stage-struck girl who lacks talent; and Glenda Benton, an advice columnist. Joan is engaged to James Blake, a smug young executive living in her home town, Kansas City, who is urging her to give up her theatrical career and return home to marry him. One day, Joan meets Steve Dexter, a handsome playboy, and spends a delightful evening with him before he leaves for the coast on business. After Steve departs, Joan realizes that she has fallen in love with him. After three months of struggling to find a job, Joan's bank account is depleted and she is resigned to return to Kansas City and marry James. Before Joan leaves, Glenda gives a party at the hotel, which Steve attends. Impressed by Joan's beautiful voice, the girls, led by Glenda, devise a plan to back her. Inspired by a suggestion from Pop, the kindly hotel proprietor, they create a company called "Talent Inc." designed to promote Joan. After Glenda reads a script that Sue has secured, she realizes that it is the perfect vehicle for Joan. Glenda convinces Felix Black, the low-budget producer who owns the script as well as a second-rate theater, that "Talent Inc." can stage a smash hit starring Joan with very little investment. Meanwhile, Steve has finally realized that he has fallen in love with Joan. After watching a final rehearsal, Steve recognizes that the girls have a hit show and tells James. James then offers to buy the show from Black, planning to shut it down and force Joan to return to Kansas City with him. James is about to close the show when Sue is involved in a fatal accident. As James and the girls gather around her bedside, she discloses her hopes for Joan's career and the future of the show. Touched by Sue's words, James has a change of heart and promises to produce the show. On opening night, James, Glenda and Steve watch Joan triumph on stage. Finally realizing that Joan is in love with Steve, James leaves her to Broadway and returns home to Kansas City.
Director
Wallace W. Fox
Cast
Miss Frances Langford
Edward Norris
Iris Adrian
Craig Woods
Lorraine Krueger
Alec Craig
Gladys Blake
Linda Brent
Ariel Heath
Charles Judels
Charles Williams
Renee White
Marion Mcguire
Crew
Morey Amsterdam
George Bahr
Michael Breen
David Chudnow
Robert Crandall
Edward Davis
Harry D. Edwards
Tom Lambert
Ray Mercer
Sam Neuman
Sam Neuman
Gus Peterson
Stanley Rauh
Harry Reif
Tony Romano
Rudy Schrager
Jack Schwarz
Dave Silverstein
Frank Sylos
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The working title of this film was Manhattan Rhythm.
