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Washington Melodrama
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Wikipedia article
'Washington Melodrama' is a 1941 American drama film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, and Kent Taylor.
Plot
Washington, D.C. industrialist Calvin Claymore and newspaper publisher Hal Thorne are at odds over a proposed European aid bill. Calvin's daughter Laurie is romantically involved with Hal as well. At a nightclub owned by Whitney King, during a water ballet, Calvin meets performer Mary Morgan and, at King's suggestion, they begin to keep company. When his wife returns to town, Calvin offers his gratitude and an envelope filled with money. King turns up and demands the money, then kills Mary during a struggle over it. As reporter Ronnie Clayton investigates the woman's death, Laurie goes undercover and becomes acquainted with King, which in turn makes his girlfriend Teddy Carlyle jealous and angry. King then shoots and wounds Teddy, who identifies him for the authorities before she dies.
Cast
* Frank Morgan as Calvin Claymore
* Ann Rutherford as Laurie Claymore
* Fay Holden as Mrs. (Calvin) Claymore
* Kent Taylor as Hal Thorne
* Anne Gwynne as Mary Morgan
* Dan Dailey as Whitney King
* Lee Bowman as Ronnie Clayton
* Virginia Grey as Teddy Carlyle
References
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