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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 will catapult him into fame and allow him to marry his girlfriend, Patricia, a sexy young actress. When he discovers that a notorious gangster, ""SIeek Moran"", is buying his way into a Hollywood studio, the resulting story Ieads to a promotion for the eager young reporter. Flush 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 BelI 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 maternal 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 vehicle JaiIhouse Rock (1957). |
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