Reform Girl
Cast & Crew
Sam Neufeld
Noel Francis
"skeets" Gallagher
Hale Hamilton
Robert Ellis
Dorothy Peterson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After she is released from prison, Lydia Johnson accepts the offer of $10,000 from a crooked politician to frame his opponent, an uplifting civic leader, during a gubernatorial election campaign. Lydia impersonates the civic leader's long-lost daughter, and she is accepted into his house. When his campaign manager falls for her, and the civic leader and her wife prove to be very kind to her, Lydia experiences some doubts about the scheme and tries not to go through with it. After failing to secure some papers for the crook, Lydia is threatened by him and forced to call the civic leader and pretend that she is sick so that he will come to a certain address. The address is that of a disorderly house, and when he arrives, he is framed with a woman and arrested. With the election seemingly lost, the civic leader demands a town meeting, so that he can defend himself. Lydia, who, it turns out, actually is the civic leader's daughter, is held hostage by the crooks. Joe Burke, who devised the frame-up, but who has become her friend, is shot as he helps her escape. Although Lydia also is wounded slightly, she arrives at at the meeting to clear her father and relate that she is his daughter, who was kidnapped as a child.
Director
Sam Neufeld
Cast
Noel Francis
"skeets" Gallagher
Hale Hamilton
Robert Ellis
Dorothy Peterson
Stanley Smith
Ben Hendricks Jr.
Dewitt Jennings
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
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Notes
According to NYSA records, this film was initially rejected by the New York State board of censors in March 1933. That version was 6,154 feet in length. In August 1933, a revised version of 4,973 feet, or about thirteen minutes shorter, was approved. Sources vary concerning the identity of the production company. A pre-production news item in Hollywood Reporter in December 1932 states, "George Sayre, formerly on M-G-M writing staff, has sold his original 'Reform Girl' to Premier Attractions, which will make the picture as its next." Reviews, however, do not mention Premier Attractions. The company is listed in the 1933 Film Daily Year Book as associated with Sig Neufeld, the brother of the film's director Sam Neufeld. Variety lists Tower as the production company. According to the NYSA records, the film was re-released in 1952 under the title Vice Raid.
