She Had to Choose
{{short description|1934 film by Ralph Ceder}}
{{Infobox film
| name = She Had to Choose
| image = Isabel Jewell and Regis Toomey, She Had To Choose (1934)..jpg
| caption = film still with Isabel Jewell and Regis Toomey
| director = Ralph Ceder
| producer = Larry Darmour (executive producer), Majestic Pictures
| writer = Houston Branch (writer)
Izola Forrester (story)
Mann Page (story)
| narrator =
| starring =Buster Crabbe
Isabel Jewell
Sally Blane
| music =
| cinematography = James S. Brown Jr.
| editing = Charles Harris
| distributor = Majestic Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1934|10|01}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
She Had to Choose is a 1934 American romantic comedy crime drama film directed by Ralph Ceder and starring Buster Crabbe, Isabel Jewell and Sally Blane. Distributed by Majestic Pictures, it is set in California during The Depression.
Plot
Sally Bates (Isabel Jewell) leaves Texas, headed for Hollywood, in the 1930s. She is tempted to take a job as a mechanic, with Pop (Arthur Stone), on the highway, but presses on in to town.
She's going to sleep in her old "Tin Lizzie". But after she saves Bill's neck (Buster Crabbe) with her old six-shooter during a botched hold-up, Bill takes her home to live with his mom (Maidel Turner), and gives her a job at his drive-in restaurant.
Sally's friendly and easy going manner is very popular with the customers, but Bill gets jealous when Jack (Regis Toomey), the reckless younger brother of his well-to-do girlfriend Clara (Sally Blane), starts paying Sally attention, following her around in his roadster.
Sally is so humiliated when Clara rips off the dress Jack gave her, at a nightclub, she ends up at his hotel room, married to Jack, after an ill-conceived night of drinking.
Bill arrives in the morning to confront the drunken Jack and take Sally home, but Jack trips and smashes his head, killing himself. Bill is under investigation for murder of the wealthy socialite.
File:Buster Crabbe and Sally Blane, She Had To Choose (1934)..jpg and Sally Blane]]
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Bill Cutler
- Isabel Jewell as Sally Bates
- Sally Blane as Clara Berry
- Regis Toomey as Jack Berry
- Maidel Turner as Mrs. Cutler
- Fuzzy Knight as Wally
- Arthur Stone as Pop
- Edward Gargan as Higgins
- Huntley Gordon as Attorney
- Wallis Clark as District Attorney
- Kenneth Howell as Announcer
- Eddie Fetherston as Hold-Up Man
- Max Wagner as Hold-Up Man
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0025772|title=She Had to Choose}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=SheHadtoChoose|name=She Had to Choose}}
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Category:1930s crime comedy-drama films
Category:1930s romantic comedy-drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Ralph Ceder
Category:American romantic comedy-drama films
Category:American crime comedy-drama films
Category:Majestic Pictures films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language crime comedy-drama films
Category:English-language romantic comedy-drama films
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