The Shopworn Angel (1938)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

H.C. Potter

Writers:

Dana Burnet (story)
Waldo Salt (screenplay)

Release Date:

15 July 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets...

Plot Keywords:

WWI | Soldier | Show Girl | Wedding | New York City New York

Cast

Margaret Sullavan	...	Daisy Heath
James Stewart	...	Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew
Walter Pidgeon	...	Sam Bailey
Hattie McDaniel	...	Martha (Daily's maid)
Nat Pendleton	...	'Dice' Loderhouse Shaughnessy
Alan Curtis	...	Thin Lips (Bill's friend)
Sam Levene	...	Leer (Bill's friend)
Eleanor Lynn	...	Sally (waitress)
Charles D. Brown	...	'Mac' McGonigle (stage manager)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charley Grapewin	...	Wilson (caretaker) (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #4302) | Australia:G

Company:

Loew's

Trivia:

Joan Crawford turned down the role of Daisy Heath.

Quotes:

Daisy Heath: Well what are they doing? throwing sugar cubes at one another?

Movie Connections:

Version of That Kind of Woman (1959)

Soundtrack:

You're in the Army Now

Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag!

This is a great Classic film with great actors like James Stewart,(Pvt. William Pettigrew),"The F.B.I. Story",'59,who was very young in this picture and played a love sick soldier going to fight in WW1. Pvt. Pettigrew met Margaret Sullivan,(Daisy Heath),"The Mortal Storm",'40, a show gal who had a kind heart and some what fell in love with him even though she liked Walter Pidgeon(Sam Bailey),"The Bad & the Beautiful",'52, Sam stood by and watched the young couple go dating and enjoying themselves in Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y. Amusement Park. Hattie McDaniel (Martha, Daisy's Maid),"Gone With the Wind",'39, who had a brief supporting role, gave a great performance and a few laughs. There was a musical scene during the film where Margaret Sullivan sings and dances to an audience of soldiers and sang,"Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag & Smile Smile Smile",which was an old time song sung during WWI. If you like an old Classic Film from 1938, and loved James Stewart when he was very young, this is the film for you!