Glamour for Sale

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Glamour for Sale
Anita Louise, Roger Pryor-Glamour for Sale, 1940-Promo1.jpg
Roger Pryor and Anita Louise in a promotional shot
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Written byD. Ross Lederman
Produced by Wallace MacDonald
Starring Anita Louise
Roger Pryor
Frances Robinson
June MacCloy
Cinematography Franz Planer
Edited by Viola Lawrence
Music by Ben Oakland
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • September 27, 1940 (1940-09-27)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Glamour for Sale is a 1940 American crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Anita Louise, Roger Pryor, and Frances Robinson. [1]

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Plot

A poor girl, working for an escort agency, is given for her first client a man working for the police, who suspect the business is involved in blackmail. Her innocence of the agency's criminal activities, along with her looks, charm, and wit mean that only she among all the club's girls can help the police break one of the city's many criminal rackets.

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References

  1. McCarty p.421
  2. "Minta Durfee Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2020.

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