City of Missing Girls
{{short description|1941 film by Elmer Clifton}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = City of Missing Girls
| image = File:City of Missing Girls.jpg
| caption =
| director = Elmer Clifton
| producer = Max Alexander
George M. Merrick
| writer = Elmer Clifton
Oliver Drake
George Rosener
| narrator =
| starring = H. B. Warner
Astrid Allwyn
John Archer
| music = Marvin Hatley
| cinematography = Edward Linden
| editing = Charles Henkel Jr.
| studio = Merrick-Alexander Productions
| distributor = Select Attractions
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1941|03|27}}
| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
City of Missing Girls is a 1941 American crime drama film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring H. B. Warner, Astrid Allwyn and John Archer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70193939|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904105840/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70193939|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2019|title=City of Missing Girls (1941)|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/city-of-missing-girls-v87343|title=City of Missing Girls (1941) - Elmer Clifton | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}} It was produced as an independent second feature.
Plot
The police led by Captain McVeigh and the Assistant District Attorney James J. Horton are baffled by the disappearances of several young girls with some being found dead. Intrepid female newspaper reporter Nora Page's investigations reveal a link between the girls and the Crescent School of Fine Arts owned by gangster King Peterson, who is using the school as a front for a recruiting center for his nightclub "entertainers". Things become more complex when Nora's father is connected with Peterson and her boyfriend James Horton is photographed in embarrassing circumstances with a woman found murdered after the photo was taken.
Peterson shoots Nora's father to death in front of witnesses, and we conclude with she and Horton reading a newspaper article about Peterson's execution.
Cast
- H. B. Warner as Police Capt. "Mac" McVeigh
- Astrid Allwyn as Nora Page
- John Archer as Assistant D.A. James J. Horton
- Sarah Padden as Mrs. Randolph
- Philip Van Zandt as King Peterson
- George Rosener as Police Officer 'Copper' Dugan
- Kathryn Crawford as Helen Whitney
- Patricia Knox as Kate Nelson
- Walter Long as Police Officer Larkin
- Gale Storm as Mary Phillips
- Boyd Irwin as Joseph 'Joe' Thompson
- Danny Webb as William 'Bill' Short, Photographer
- Herb Vigran as Danny Mason
- Lloyd Ingraham as District Attorney Fowler
- Dorothy Granger as Showgirl
- Lassie Lou Ahern as Nightclub Performer
- Donald Curtis as Reporter
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "An awkward murder mystery."{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/city-of-missing-girls/review/110955|title=City of Missing Girls|publisher=TV Guide}}
References
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Bibliography
- Tucker, David C. Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland, 2018.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0033469|title=City of Missing Girls}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=city_of_missing_girls|name=City of Missing Girls}}
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Category:American mystery films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Elmer Clifton
Category:Films shot in Los Angeles
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1941 crime drama films
Category:American crime drama films
Category:Films scored by Marvin Hatley
Category:English-language crime drama films
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