Lady for a Night (1941)
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58% of users liked it
(56 ratings)
The unlikely combination of John Wayne and Joan Blondell adds a bit of vinegar and spice to the so-so costume drama Lady for a Night. Blondell is cast as Jenny Blake, owner of the Memphis Belle-not a WW2 bomber, but a gambling ship moored just outside New Orleans. Jenny's partner and erstwhile… More The unlikely combination of John Wayne and Joan Blondell adds a bit of vinegar and spice to the so-so costume drama Lady for a Night. Blondell is cast as Jenny Blake, owner of the Memphis Belle-not a WW2 bomber, but a gambling ship moored just outside New Orleans. Jenny's partner and erstwhile suitor is local political boss Jack Morgan (Wayne). She loves Morgan, but decides to marry for money and prestige, and to that end weds "black sheep" socialite Alan Alderson (Ray Middleton). Her new in-laws are infuriated by this marriage of convenience, and do everything they can to ruin Jenny in the eyes of society. When Alderson dies suddenly, his vengeful mother Julia (Blanche Yurka) accuses Jenny of poisoning her husband. Throughout the subsequent trial and scandal, Morgan stands loyally by Jenny's side, convincing her at long last that he's been the "right man" for her all along. Hattie Noel, who two years earlier lost the role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind to Hattie McDaniel, essays a neat Mammy-like characterization as Jenny's all-knowing maidservant. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Leigh Jason
- Written By
- Boyce DeGaw, Isabel Dawn
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 5, 1942 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dull and predictable fare.
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Cast
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Joan Blondell
as Jenny Blake
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John Wayne
as Jack Morgan
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Ray Middleton
as Alan Alderson
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Philip Merivale
as Stephen Alderson
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Blanche Yurka
as Julia Alderson
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Edith Barrett
as Katherine Alderson
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Leonid Kinskey
as Boris
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Hattie Noel
as Chloe
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Montagu Love
as Judge
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Carmel Myers
as Mayor's wife
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Dorothy Burgess
as Flo
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Guy Usher
as Governor
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Ivan Miller
as Mayor
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Patricia Knox
as Mabel
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Lew Payton
as Napoleon
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Marilyn Hare
as Mary Lou
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Margaret Armstrong
as Governor's Wife
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Gertrude Astor
as Woman
- Dudley Dickerson
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Dolores Gray
as Dolores
- The Hall Johnson Choir
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Betty Hill
as Governor's Daughter
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Dewey Robinson
as Horse Dealer
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Minerva Urecal
as Spinster
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Pierre Watkin
as Prosecutor
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Paul White
as Black Specialty Dancer
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Jack George
as Orchestra Leader
- Henry Thomas
