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The Shopworn Angel (1938)During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over. Daisy agrees to ... See full summary » Director:H.C. Potter |
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Daisy Heath
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Bill Pettigrew
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Sam Bailey
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Martha
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'Dice'
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Thin Lips
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'Leer'
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Eleanor Lynn | ... |
Sally
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Charles D. Brown | ... |
McGonigle
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During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over. Daisy agrees to pretend to be Bill's girl to impress his friends, but then a real romance begins. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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soldier | showgirl | impersonation | ménage à trois | brooklyn new york city |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 July 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El ángel negro See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(1917) (uncredited)
Written by Howard Johnson and Percy Wenrich
Played on piano and sung by the party guests
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Mary Martin provides the singing voice for Margaret Sullavan. This same year she also dubbed the singing voice for Gypsy Rose Lee in "The Battle of Broadway." See more »Goofs
When at his Connecticut cottage, Sam asks Daisy, "What about Bill Bailey? You won't see him again?" Bill's surname is not Bailey but Pettigrew. Bailey is actually Sam's own surname. See more »Quotes
Pvt. William 'Texas' Pettigrew: Dying's a lot like being in love. You can't imagine it until its right on top of you.See more »
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"Where Do We Go From Here"(1917) (uncredited)
Written by Howard Johnson and Percy Wenrich
Played on piano and sung by the party guests
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Even the great Margaret Sullavan can't make sense out of a character who starts out as a bossy, obnoxious, self-centered Broadway star, is humanized by hayseed soldier James Stewart by about the third reel, suddenly becomes a Nobly Suffering Heroine, still leads steady beau (and keeper) Walter Pidgeon on, and tries in every way to have her cake and eat it too. Later Sullavan and Stewart have a contest to see who can have the wettest eyes. It's a Borzage-like romance without the Borzage touch, and with cliches that must have been cliches even by 1938--the chorines trilling "Pack Up Your Troubles" as the World War 1 soldiers depart for France (and Sullavan's incongruous dubbing is unintentionally hilarious), the lovestruck private dreaming of his ladylove while peeling potatoes, the bombs-bursting-in-air war montages with ominous music. Amid such blarney it's a relief to have Pidgeon's unsentimental if slightly inert presence, and Hattie McDaniel as a maid who seems smarter and more commonsensical than anyone else in the movie.