Gambling with Souls (1936)

Director:

Elmer Clifton

Writer:

J.D. Kendis (writer)

Release Date:

September 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Soiled souls in the marts of a great city!...a true expose of the sensational events recently seen in the nation's headlines!

Plot:

Young girls are cheated in rigged gambling games and then forced into prostitution to pay off their debts.

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Gambling | Rape | Floor Show | Alcoholism

Cast

Martha Chapin	...	Mrs. Mae Miller
Wheeler Oakman	...	Lucky Wilder
Bryant Washburn	...	'Million Dollar' Taylor
Gay Sheridan	...	Carolyn
Vera Steadman	...	Molly Murdock
Edward Keane	...	Attorney (as Ed. Keene)
Robert Frazer	...	Dr. Miller
Gaston Glass	...	Officer
Florence Dudley	...	Jean
Eddie Laughton	...	Nick

Also Known As:

The Vice Racket

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Jay-Dee-Kay Productions

Trivia:

The dive restaurant where Carolyn goes slumming is the same one that appears in the opening scenes of Marihuana (1936/I). The house that Mae and her husband share also appears in Slaves in Bondage (1937) and the vanity set in Mae's bedroom also shows up in Tell Your Children (1936), where it's also owned by a character named Mae.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: The shadow of the microphone moves up the wall in the foreground when the boy with the hat is dragged into a room.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sex and Buttered Popcorn (1989)

Formulaic good woman gone bad story...

1st watched 2/19/2007 - 3 out of 10(Dir-Elmer Clifton): Formulaic good woman gone bad story. This time being enticed by getting nice things thru gambling initially, then pushed into being an escort to pay back her debts to the gambling club. This all happens while her husband is trying to make it in the medical field and is often out of town. The movie starts with a murder and the rest of the movie is told in flashbacks as the accused tells the story. As is usual in these films, it starts out innocent enough at the roulette wheel but blossoms out of control as she loses more money. The bad guys threaten her by saying that they'll get her husband involved and then she's stuck to being their slave until the money is paid back. Eventually, the main character's sister gets enticed as well and her hatred brings about the ensuing crime. This is one of those "B" exploitation movies that doesn't pack much of a punch and the viewer is left waiting for the whole thing to just be over. The good thing is that it eventually ends, the bad thing is that I watched it.