Ladies in Distress

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Robert Livingston, Polly Moran, and Alison Skipworth in Ladies in Distress (1938)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueJosephine Bonney, the mayor of Bonneyville and a former schoolteacher, is besieged by town citizens demanding action when a gang of ruthless racketeers establishes a "Merchants' Protective A... Tout lireJosephine Bonney, the mayor of Bonneyville and a former schoolteacher, is besieged by town citizens demanding action when a gang of ruthless racketeers establishes a "Merchants' Protective Association" and roughs up any who do not join. The drive to recall Jo is led by attorney F... Tout lireJosephine Bonney, the mayor of Bonneyville and a former schoolteacher, is besieged by town citizens demanding action when a gang of ruthless racketeers establishes a "Merchants' Protective Association" and roughs up any who do not join. The drive to recall Jo is led by attorney Fred Morgan, a would-be candidate for her job, who is actually the boss of the racketeers, ... Tout lire

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Small Town Lady Mayor Fights Crooks in Nice B

Republic later remade this little programmer as one of their B westerns, where the story also worked. The original idea apparently came from Dore Schary and other talents such as Nathanael West and Sam Fuller are said to have contributed It's basically a nice teaming for character actresses Skipworth and Moran with the former a small town mayor who hires a former gangster to help her clean up a "protective association" racket. Berton Churchill lends string support as a pompous politically aspiring lawyer who turns out to be in cahoots with the crooks. The treatment is a little pokey and doesn't avoid a bit of sentimentality toward the end but it is nice to see Skipworth in one of her last roles keeping up the fight.