Lady for a Night
"FROM THE DEEP ROMANTIC SOUTH COMES ANOTHER THRILLING DRAMA OF LOVE AND INTRIGUE"
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
Top Cast
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Joan Blondell
Jenny Blake
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John Wayne
Jackson Morgan
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Philip Merivale
Stephen Alderson
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Blanche Yurka
Julia Anderson
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Ray Middleton
Alan Alderson
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Edith Barrett
Katherine Alderson
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Leonid Kinskey
Boris
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Hattie Noel
Chloe
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Montagu Love
Judge
Overview
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
Rating
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CinemaSerf6 Nov 8, 2023Joan Blondell delivers something of a feisty Stanwyck-style character in her depiction of successful river boat owner "Jenny". Together with her local kingpin co-partner "Jackson" (John Wayne) they make a good living from the great and the good of Tennessee society. The thing is, though, "Jenny" has ambitions to join that society. She craves respectability and when an opportunity to marry into the "Alderson" family presents itself, she doesn't think twice. Her new husband "Alan" (Ray Middleton) is a bit of a drunk, but his family need her money so unwillingly tolerate her. All except, "Julia" (Blanche Yurka) who really does look down her nose at her new in-law. The more "Jenny" tries, the more cleverly antagonistic her nemesis becomes until finally murder ensues and the truth must out... It's a bit of an amalgam of stories this, and the really rather wooden Wayne features too sparingly to make much difference to the rather meandering drama. Hattie Noel has some fun as "Chloe" and there's a bit of toe-tapping mid way through but the rest of this is all just a little procedural with an expected twist right at the denouement. It's a good looking tale of rancour, envy, love and bitterness - but told in fashion you're not really likely to remember.
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