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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Girls of the Road is a 1940 American action film, based on an original screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews, directed by Nick Grinde,[1] and produced by Wallace MacDonald.
The main characters of the 61–minute Columbia Pictures feature film were ten female "hobos", portrayed by Ann Dvorak (Kay),[2][3] Helen Mack (Mickey), Lola Lane (Ellie), Ann Doran (Jerry), Marjorie Cooley (Irene), Mary Field (Mae), Mary Booth (Edna), Madelon Grayson (Annie), Grace Lenard (Stella), and Evelyn Young (Sadie).[4][5] Male actors in the films included Bruce Bennett (Officer Sullivan),[6] Eddie Laughton (Footsy), and Don Beddoe (Sheriff).[7]
References[edit]
^ Rice, Christina (2013). Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813144269. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Internet Archive.
^ Monush, Barry, ed. (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965 (section: Dvorak, Ann). Vol. 1. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 212–213. ISBN 9781557835512. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Gryzb, Amanda (2004). Levinson, David (ed.). Encyclopedia of Homelessness (section: Images of Homelessness in Narritive Film, History of). Vol. 1. Sage. p. 291–295. ISBN 9780761927518. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Google Books.
^ The New York Times Film Reviews. 1940. p. 1722. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Lentz, Harris (2008). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2007: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland & Company. p. 29. ISBN 9780786434817. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Maltin, Leonard (2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965: Third Edition. Vol. 1. Penguin Books. p. 204. ISBN 9780698197299. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Google Books. Conventional, barely believable, but starts out with some real punch.
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