Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Ann Sheridan | ... | Nora Prentiss | |
| Kent Smith | ... | Dr. Richard Talbot | |
| Bruce Bennett | ... | Dr. Joel Merriam | |
| Robert Alda | ... | Phil Dinardo | |
| Rosemary DeCamp | ... | Lucy Talbot | |
| John Ridgely | ... | Walter Bailey | |
| Robert Arthur | ... | Gregory Talbot | |
| Wanda Hendrix | ... | Bonita Talbot | |
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Helen Brown | ... | Miss Judson |
| Rory Mallinson | ... | Fleming | |
| Harry Shannon | ... | Police Lieutenant | |
| James Flavin | ... | District Attorney | |
| Douglas Kennedy | ... | Doctor | |
| Don McGuire | ... | Truck Driver | |
| Clifton Young | ... | Policeman | |
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Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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woman | character name as title | two word title | nightclub singer | heart attack |Taglines:
If You Were Nora Prentiss Would You Keep Your Mouth Shut? What's YOUR Answer? See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
22 February 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Nora Prentiss: A paper? I could write a book!
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Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl and Eddie Cherkose
Performed by Ann Sheridan
[Nora sings the song during her act]
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This film's earliest documented telecast took place in Tucson Thursday 16 August 1956 on KDWI (Channel 9); it first aired in Boston Sunday 3 February 1957 on WBZ (Channel 4), in Portland OR Sunday 3 March 1957 on KLOR (Channel 12), in Salt Lake City Wednesday 3 April 1957 on KUTV (Channel 2), and in Bloomington IN Thursday 4 April 1957 on WTTV (Channel 4). See more »Goofs
When Nora and Talbot are driving across the bridge, near the end of the scene, cars are suddenly passing them on the wrong side going the other direction, and a sign for Old Gold cigarettes in the background is reversed, revealing the rear projection screen images have been flipped. See more »Quotes
Dr. Richard Talbot: I'm writing a paper on ailments of the heart.Nora Prentiss: A paper? I could write a book!
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Soundtracks
Would You Like a Souvenir?Music by M.K. Jerome
Lyrics by Jack Scholl and Eddie Cherkose
Performed by Ann Sheridan
[Nora sings the song during her act]
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I'm surprised that no one has picked up on the fact that Nora Prentiss is merely an updated version of Theodore Dreiser's classic Sister Carrie. Since Dreiser had died a couple of years before, he didn't pick up on it or Warner Brothers would have had a libel suit on its hands.
Sister Carrie was set in the turn of the last century and dealt with Victorian mores. Even in post World War II America, it seems that not much has changed. Respectable and proper Kent Smith is a forty something doctor, married with two children, in a respectable middle class rut. He's about to break loose for some big life crisis. The catalyst for that is Ann Sheridan in the title role. Sheridan is a sultry night club singer who gets hit by a cab and is treated in Kent Smith's nearby office.
Had the film been made at Columbia, Rita Hayworth would have been ideal for the lead. But Ann Sheridan does do a good job and even does her own singing. Hayworth would have made the film a classic.
The film does descend into melodrama though moving far afield from the social commentary that Theodore Dreiser had in mind. But Kent Smith's character's degradation is as complete as Dreiser's George Hurstwood.
I would recommend seeing this film and the film that Sir Laurence Olivier and Jennifer Jones did, Carrie, and comparing the two versions.