Directed by:
Gregory La CavaCinematography:
Joseph H. AugustComposer:
Werner R. HeymannCast:
Ginger Rogers, Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, Miles Mander, Queenie Vassar, Joan Carroll, Vivienne Osborne, Ernie Adams, Donald Kerr (more)Plots(1)
1940 marked a high point in Ginger Rogers' career: it was the year of Kitty Foyle, which would earn her a Best Actress Academy Award. Rogers made another exceptional drama that year: this overlooked gem that pushed boundaries with its (for the time) frank view of prostitution. Rogers plays dreamer Ellie May Adams, whose mother supports her squalid family by selling herself. Ellie May marries an upstanding man (Joel McCrea) without revealing her background. But her secret gets out. Rogers shines as the innocent raised amid corruption, Marjorie Rambeau earned an Oscar nomination as the good-time ma and Queenie Vassar steals scenes as acid-tongued Grandma, who'd go back on the game if anyone would pay her. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ginger Rogers
USA
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Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
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Joel McCrea
USA
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Marjorie Rambeau
USA
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Henry Travers
UK
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Miles Mander
UK
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Queenie Vassar
UK
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Joan Carroll
USA
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Vivienne Osborne
USA
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Ernie Adams
USA
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Donald Kerr
USA
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Frank Mills
USA
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Bobby Barber
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Ray Cooke
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Nestor Paiva
USA
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Charles Lane
USA
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Charles Williams
USA
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Jack Gardner
USA
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Edgar Dearing
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Jacqueline Dalya
USA
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Jack Gargan
UK
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