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Glamour for Sale

  • 19401940
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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Paul Fix, Anita Louise, June MacCloy, Roger Pryor, and Frances Robinson in Glamour for Sale (1940)
  • Adventure
  • Crime
  • Drama
An undercover man (Roger Pryor) recruits an escort-service rookie (Anita Louise) to inform him of scams.An undercover man (Roger Pryor) recruits an escort-service rookie (Anita Louise) to inform him of scams.An undercover man (Roger Pryor) recruits an escort-service rookie (Anita Louise) to inform him of scams.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
97
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • D. Ross Lederman
  • Writer
    • John Bright(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anita Louise
    • Roger Pryor
    • Frances Robinson
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  • Director
    • D. Ross Lederman
  • Writer
    • John Bright(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Anita Louise
    • Roger Pryor
    • Frances Robinson
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    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    June MacCloy in Glamour for Sale (1940)
    Arthur Loft, Anita Louise, June MacCloy, and Roger Pryor in Glamour for Sale (1940)
    Anita Louise and Roger Pryor in Glamour for Sale (1940)
    Arthur Loft and June MacCloy in Glamour for Sale (1940)
    Arthur Loft, Anita Louise, June MacCloy, and Roger Pryor in Glamour for Sale (1940)
    Paul Fix, Arthur Loft, Anita Louise, June MacCloy, Roger Pryor, and Frances Robinson in Glamour for Sale (1940)

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    Anita Louise
    Anita Louise
    • Ann Powellas Ann Powell
    Roger Pryor
    Roger Pryor
    • James R. (Jim) Dalyas James R. (Jim) Daly
    Frances Robinson
    • Betty Warrenas Betty Warren
    June MacCloy
    June MacCloy
    • Peggy Davisas Peggy Davis
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Frank Reganas Frank Regan
    Paul Fix
    Paul Fix
    • Louis Manellas Louis Manell
    Arthur Loft
    Arthur Loft
    • Harry T. Braddockas Harry T. Braddock
    Veda Ann Borg
    Veda Ann Borg
    • Lucilleas Lucille
    George Anderson
    • Chief of Policeas Chief of Police
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Anderson
    • Policemanas Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Bonnie Bennett
    • Cigarette Girlas Cigarette Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    • Policemanas Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Brown
    Stanley Brown
    • Club Waiteras Club Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Lynn Browning
    Lynn Browning
    • Marieas Marie
    • (uncredited)
    John Dilson
    John Dilson
    • Wilsonas Wilson
    • (uncredited)
    Ann Doran
    Ann Doran
    • Myrtleas Myrtle
    • (uncredited)
    Minta Durfee
    Minta Durfee
    • Matronas Matron
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Fallows
    • Marieas Marie
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • D. Ross Lederman
    • Writer
      • John Bright(original screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Police detective Jim Davis (Roger Pryor) enlists the aid of good-girl Ann Powell (Anita Louise), inadvertently involved with bad-girl Peggy Davis (June MacCloy) in the investigation of an escort service that is thinly disguising such nefarious practices as fleecing drunks, blackmail and extortion. And rescues Ann from a life of crime and sin. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
    • b movie
    • damsel in distress
    • double feature film
    • escort service
    • blackmail
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    • Taglines
      • A BLACKMAIL MOB IS WAITING FOR YOU TO GO OUT WITH ONE OF THESE GIRLS! (original print ad - all caps)
    • Genres
      • Adventure
      • Crime
      • Drama
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      • Approved
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    • Trivia
      Censors in Ireland, Australia and Trinidad banned this film upon its release. The Production Code Office in the U.S. issued cautions to Columbia about the film's "excessive drinking", revealing costumes, the "rolling" of drunks for their money, and details of blackmailing, extortion and suicide.
    • Soundtracks
      If They Gave Me a Million
      (uncredited)

      Music by Ben Oakland

      Lyrics by Milton Drake

      Performed by Anita Louise

    User reviews4

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    5/10
    They Should Have Made It Seven Years Earlier
    Nice girl Anita Louise needs to make a living. She gets a job at an escort agency -- and stop snickering, because the Production Code was in full force when this was made. Little does she know that her company is controlled by mobster Don Beddoes, who has a sideline of snapping photos of his girls with clients in from other parts, and threatening to publish them. When one of his blackmail subjects kills himself, undercover agent Roger Pryor recruits Miss Louise in a scheme to bring down the forces of evil.

    given this is a one-hour second Columbia feature directed by Ross Lederman, it's obvious no one was expecting much from this movie. It was just a movie that Harry Cohn spat onto Gower Street one Friday afternoon. The fact that no writer is credited makes me think the property had been floating around the studio for a long time; certainly, it would have made a great Pre-Code movie. As it exists, there's little of note except for Franz Planer lighting the sets inconsistently to make Miss Louise look beautiful, and June MacCloy doing an Eve Arden imitation. Everyone else is all right, but unmemorable.
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    • Aug 22, 2018

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 27, 1940 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • I'm for Rent
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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