Vanity Street
1932 film
- Frank Cavett
- Edwards Roberts
- Gertrude Purcell
- Robert Riskin[1]
- Charles Bickford
- Helen Chandler
- Mayo Methot
Production
company
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Columbia Pictures
Release date
- October 15, 1932 (1932-10-15)
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Vanity Street is a 1932 American Pre-Code crime drama film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Charles Bickford, Helen Chandler and Mayo Methot.[2] It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Plot
A New York policeman assists a down-on-her-luck showgirl, helping her get a job at the Follies. The two fall in love and plan to get married, when he finds himself arresting her for a murder he knows she did not commit. He sets out to clear her by finding the real killer.
Cast
- Charles Bickford as Brian Murphy
- Helen Chandler as Jeanie Gregg
- Mayo Methot as Fern Cavan
- George Meeker as Val French
- Arthur Hoyt as Albert Kerr- aka Mr. Tidy
- Raymond Hatton as Shorty
- Ruth Channing as Rose Marie
- Dolores Ray as Susan
- Claudia Morgan as Lou
- Ann Fay as Mary Ann
- Kathrin Clare Ward as Mrs. Truitt - Mary Ann's Mother
- May Beatty as Mrs. Dantry
- Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Grogan
- Eddie Boland as Joe
- Eddy Chandler as Taxi Driver
- Clay Clement as Samuel D. Marcus - Producer
- Sumner Getchell as Scottie
- Ben Hall as Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat
- Lew Kelly as Justice of the Peace
- J.M. Kerrigan as Dan - Irish Cop
- Fuzzy Knight as Drunk
- Walter McGrail as Detective Hanson
- Lee Phelps as Detective
- Hal Price as Bennie
- Florence Roberts as Annie - Fern's Maid
- Buddy Roosevelt as Stage Door Johnnie
- Matty Roubert as Newspaper Vendor
- Harry Schultz as Bartender
- Harry Semels as Italian Street Workman
- Ruthelma Stevens as Show Girl
References
Bibliography
- Ian Scott. In Capra's Shadow: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Robert Riskin. University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
External links
- Vanity Street at IMDb
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Films directed by Nick Grinde
- Riders of the Dark (1928)
- Beyond the Sierras (1928)
- Morgan's Last Raid (1929)
- The Desert Rider (1929)
- Good News (1930)
- Remote Control (1930)
- This Modern Age (1931)
- Shopworn (1932)
- Vanity Street (1932)
- Menu (1933)
- Stone of Silver Creek (1935)
- Border Brigands (1935)
- How to Sleep (1935)
- Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
- Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
- Lucky Fugitives (1936)
- Jailbreak (1936)
- The Captain's Kid (1936)
- Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
- Public Wedding (1937)
- White Bondage (1937)
- Love Is on the Air (1937)
- Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
- Delinquent Parents (1938)
- Down in 'Arkansaw' (1938)
- Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
- King of Chinatown (1939)
- A Woman Is the Judge (1939)
- Sudden Money (1939)
- Million Dollar Legs (1939)
- The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
- Scandal Sheet (1939)
- The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
- Before I Hang (1940)
- Convicted Woman (1940)
- Friendly Neighbors (1940)
- Girls of the Road (1940)
- Mountain Moonlight (1941)
- Hitler - Dead or Alive (1942)
- Road to Alcatraz (1945)
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