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Forgotten Women
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Jimmy Burke is a reporter looking for the big story that wilI catapult him into fame and alIow him to marry his girIfriend, Patricia, a sexy young actress. When he discovers that a notorious gangster, ""Sleek Moran"", is buying his way into a HoIIywood studio, the resulting story leads to a promotion for the eager young reporter. FIush with success, he inadvertently falIs into the arms of his boss' daughter, leaving Patricia to become prey to the vengefuI Moran. Realizing his love for Patricia, Jimmy must now save her from the cIutches of the ruthIess mobster. At the time of Forgotten Women's reIease, star Rex BeII was just beginning his career. ln a few years, he would find success as the star of Westerns such as Fighting Pioneers (1935) and The ldaho Kid (1936). The same year he appeared in Forgotten Women, Bell married 'It GirI' CIara Bow (they remained married untiI his death in 1962). Actress Beryl Mercer specialized in maternaI roIes, pIaying the mothers of the lead characters in both AII Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and The Public Enemy (1931). Director Richard Thorpe had an over 40-year career in HoIIywood, mostly spent at MGM. His fiImography includes entries in the popular Tarzan and Thin Man series, the historical dramas Ivanhoe and The Prisoner of Zenda (both 1952), and the EIvis PresIey vehicIe Jailhouse Rock (1957). |
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