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Writers:
Lou Goldberg (writer)
Moss Hart (writer)
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Release Date:
1 May 1936 (USA) more
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great cast in a disappointing film more (2 total)

Cast

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Helen Morgan ... Frankie
Chester Morris ... Johnnie Drew
Lilyan Tashman ... Nellie Bly
Florence Reed ... Lou
Walter Kingsford ... Timothy
William Harrigan ... Curley
John Larkin ... Andy
Cora Witherspoon ... Mrs. Lumpy Thornton
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Runtime:
66 min
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Production was completed in 1934, but the film was not released until 1936, by which time third billed Lilyan Tashman had already been dead for two years. more
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Version of Frankie and Johnny (1966) more
Soundtrack:
If You Want My Heart more

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great cast in a disappointing film, 7 August 2003
Author: c532c from Boondocks, Ohio

Ideal players are unfortunately wasted in Republic's low-budget, low-octane drama. Helen Morgan, that tragic chantoosie, would seem ideally cast as Frankie, but the tired script gives her nothing to do except look a bit trampy, which she does very well. Likewise, slick, superficial Chester Morris embodies the two-timing Johnny of the song perfectly... or he would if he had any worthwhile dialogue. In her last Film Lilyan Tashman is wasted as Nellie Bly. Once or twice, the movie seems about to capture the simplicity of a tawdry ballad, but never quite gets there. A pity all around.

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