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The Girl in Room 20
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Wikipedia article
'The Girl in Room 20' is a 1949 movie directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The story features Daisy Mae Walker, an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, only to fall prey to a sleazy nightclub owner. Thanks to the intervention of a kindly taxi driver, Daisy Mae is able to achieve her goals.[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=556053&atid=27621&category=overview The Girl in Room 20, Turner Classic Movies Archives] The film is categorized as a race film.
'The Girl in Room 20' was filmed in 1946, but did not receive theatrical distribution until 1949.[https://books.google.com/books?id=bsoUXGZSxZcC&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=%22girl+in+room+20%22+%22Spencer+Williams%22&source=web&ots=x_4mfby2Zk&sig=uE_28As59b6WxobuYwMGcsEuo7o&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result Within Our Gates by Alan Gevinson, Google Books]
A 2002 'Chicago Tribune' article describes the film as provocative.
Cast
* Geraldine Brock
* Spencer Williams
* July Jones (actor)
See also
* List of films in the public domain in the United States
References
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