''Glamour for Sale'' is a 1940 American

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directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring

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, and Frances Robinson.McCarty p.421

Plot

A poor girl, working for an escort agency, is given for her first client a man working for the police, who suspect the business is involved in blackmail. Her innocence of the agency's criminal activities, along with her looks, charm, and wit mean that only she among all the club's girls can help the police break one of the city's many criminal rackets.

Cast

as Ann Powell *

as Jim Daly * Frances Robinson as Betty Warren *

June MacCloy June Mary MacCloy (June 2, 1909 – May 5, 2005) was an American actress and singer in the 1930s and 1940s. Early years The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis V. MacCloy, she was born in Sturgis, Michigan, on June 2, 1909, and grew up in Toled ...

as Peggy Davis * Don Beddoe as Frank Regan *

Paul Fix Peter Paul Fix (March 13, 1901 – October 14, 1983) was an American film and television character actor who was best known for his work in Westerns. Fix appeared in more than 100 movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year career be ...

as Louis Manell *

Arthur Loft Arthur Loft (May 25, 1897 – January 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1932 and 1947. Biography He was born in Denver, Colorado and died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred ...

as Harry T. Braddock *

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as Lucille * Minta Durfee as Matron (uncredited)

References

Bibliography

* McCarty, Clifford. ''Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970''. Oxford University Press, 2000.

External links

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''Glamour for Sale'' at Turner Classic Movies
1940 films American crime films 1940 crime films 1940s English-language films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by D. Ross Lederman American black-and-white films 1940s American films {{1940s-crime-film-stub