Girls of the Road

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Girls of the Road
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1951 newspaper advertisement for Girls Under 21 and Girls of the Road
Directed by Nick Grinde
Written by Robert Hardy Andrews
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
Starring Ann Dvorak
Helen Mack
Lola Lane
Ann Doran
Cinematography George Meehan
Edited by Charles Nelson
Music by Morris Stoloff
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • 1940 (1940)
Running time
61 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Girls of the Road is a 1940 American action film, based on an original screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews, directed by Nick Grinde, [1] and produced by Wallace MacDonald.

Contents

The main characters of the 61–minute Columbia Pictures feature film were ten female "hobos", portrayed by Ann Dvorak (Kay), [2] [3] Helen Mack (Mickey), Lola Lane (Ellie), Ann Doran (Jerry), Marjorie Cooley (Irene), Mary Field (Mae), Mary Booth (Edna), Madelon Grayson (Annie), Grace Lenard (Stella), and Evelyn Young (Sadie). [4] [5] Male actors in the films included Bruce Bennett (Officer Sullivan), [6] Eddie Laughton (Footsy), and Don Beddoe (Sheriff). [7]

Plot

References

  1. ↑ Quinlan, David (1983). The Illustrated Guide to Film Directors (section: NICK, Grindé). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 212–213. ISBN   9780389204084 . Retrieved 15 October 2017– via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Rice, Christina (2013). Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel . University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   9780813144269 . Retrieved 15 October 2017– via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Monush, Barry, ed. (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965 (section: Dvorak, Ann). Vol. 1. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 212–213. ISBN   9781557835512 . Retrieved 15 October 2017– via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Gryzb, Amanda (2004). Levinson, David (ed.). Encyclopedia of Homelessness (section: Images of Homelessness in Narritive Film, History of). Vol. 1. Sage. p. 291–295. ISBN   9780761927518 . Retrieved 15 October 2017– via Google Books.
  5. ↑ The New York Times Film Reviews. 1940. p. 1722. Retrieved 15 October 2017– via Google Books.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ Lentz, Harris (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland & Company. p. 29. ISBN   9780786434817 . Retrieved 15 October 2017– via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Maltin, Leonard (2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965: Third Edition. Vol. 1. Penguin Books. p. 204. ISBN   9780698197299 . Retrieved 15 October 2017– via Google Books. Conventional, barely believable, but starts out with some real punch.


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