Free, Blonde and 21

Free, Blonde and 21 is a 1940 American drama film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Frances Hyland. The film stars Lynn Bari, Mary Beth Hughes, Joan Davis, Henry Wilcoxon, Robert Lowery, Alan Baxter and Kay Aldridge.[1][2][3] The film was released on March 29, 1940, by 20th Century Fox.

Free, Blonde and 21
Directed byRicardo Cortez
Produced bySol M. Wurtzel
Screenplay byFrances Hyland
StarringLynn Bari
Mary Beth Hughes
Joan Davis
Henry Wilcoxon
Robert Lowery
Alan Baxter
Kay Aldridge
Music bySamuel Kaylin
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byNorman Colbert
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • March 29, 1940 (1940-03-29)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Jerry Daily and Carol Northrup are residents of a New York City hotel for women. Jerry fakes a suicide out of anger for her married lover spurning her. At the hospital, administrator Dr. Hugh Mayberry takes a liking to Carol, while young surgeon Dr. Steve Greig falls for Jerry.

Carol and Hugh hit it off and end up marrying. Jerry, however, two-times Steve with a gangster, Mickey Ryan, who robs and murders a tavern owner and is wounded in the process. Jerry pleads with Steve to operate on Mickey, who dies anyway.

After police suspicions point them toward Hugh as an accomplice, Steve confesses that he was the doctor in question. He doesn't inform on Jerry, but the cops trick her into an admission of guilt and take her away.

Cast

References
  1. "Free, Blonde and 21 (1940) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  2. B.R. Crisler (1940-04-05). "Movie Review - Free Blonde and Twenty One - THE SCREEN; At the Palace". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  3. "Free, Blonde and 21". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.


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