Slander House (1938)

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65 min - Drama - 4 October 1938 (USA)

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Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
	Adrienne Ames	...	Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith
	Craig Reynolds	...	Pat Fenton
	Esther Ralston	...	Ruth De Milo
	George Meeker	...	Dr. Herbert Stallings
	Pert Kelton	...	Mazie Mason
	William Newell	...	Terry Kent
	Dorothy Vaughan	...	Mrs. Horton
	Edward Keane	...	George Horton
	Vivien Oakland	...	Mrs. Conway
	Ruth Gillette	...	Mme. Renault
	Dot Farley	...	Mrs. Willis
	Bonita Weber	...	Mrs. Richards
	Blanche Payson	...	Hilda
	Mary Field	...	Bessie, an attendant
	Louise Squire	...	Olga

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Madame Helene Smith operates a swanky salon for renovations of women's faces and bodies, with her partner Mazie Mason who grew up with Helene on New York's not-so-swank Tenth Avenue. Mazie is in love with newspaper columnist Terry Kent, who frequents the place for juicy items as the salon is a gathering place for the town's rich and near-rich ladies. Terry calls it a "scandal house" and, if he had known the title would be changed to "Slander House" before release, would have deemed it as such. Upper-crust Doctor Herbert Stallings, with mandatory pencil mustache, is in love with Helene, who isn't all that taken with him. Enter Ruth DeMilo, statuesque showgirl and gold-digger de luxe, quickly followed by Pat Fenton, dashing young man-about-town, who sees and quickly falls in love with Helene, despite the fact she uses Madame as a title. He takes her to a cabaret where she is insulted by Fenton's attorney... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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