''These Glamour Girls'' is a 1939 comedy-drama film directed by
S. Sylvan Simon and starring
Lew Ayres
Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film ''All Quiet on the Western Fro ...
and
Lana Turner
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( ; February 8, 1921June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. ...
, with
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Arts and entertainment
*Tom Brown (satirist) (1662–1704), English satirical writer
*Tom Brown (trombonist) (1888–1958), American jazz trombonist and bandleader
*Tom Brown (actor) (1913–1990), American film and televi ...
,
Jane Bryan
Jane Bryan (born Jane O'Brien; June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009) was an American actress who appeared in Hollywood films throughout the late 1930s. She was groomed by Warner Bros. to become one of its leading ladies, but instead chose to retire fr ...
,
Richard Carlson,
Anita Louise
Anita Louise (born Anita Louise Fremault; January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1935), '' The Story of Louis Pasteur'' (1935), ''Anthon ...
and
Ann Rutherford
Therese Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012) was a Canadian-born American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the An ...
in featured roles.
Plot summary
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
Cast
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Lew Ayres
Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film ''All Quiet on the Western Fro ...
as Philip S. 'Phil' Griswold III
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Lana Turner
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( ; February 8, 1921June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life. ...
as Jane Thomas
*
Tom Brown Tom Brown may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Tom Brown (satirist) (1662–1704), English satirical writer
*Tom Brown (trombonist) (1888–1958), American jazz trombonist and bandleader
*Tom Brown (actor) (1913–1990), American film and televi ...
as Homer Ten Eyck
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Richard Carlson as Joe
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Jane Bryan
Jane Bryan (born Jane O'Brien; June 11, 1918 – April 8, 2009) was an American actress who appeared in Hollywood films throughout the late 1930s. She was groomed by Warner Bros. to become one of its leading ladies, but instead chose to retire fr ...
as Carol Christy
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Anita Louise
Anita Louise (born Anita Louise Fremault; January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1935), '' The Story of Louis Pasteur'' (1935), ''Anthon ...
as Daphne 'Daph' Graves
*
Marsha Hunt as Betty Ainsbridge
*
Ann Rutherford
Therese Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012) was a Canadian-born American actress in film, radio, and television. She had a long career starring and co-starring in films, playing Polly Benedict during the 1930s and 1940s in the An ...
as Mary Rose Wilston
*
Mary Beth Hughes
Mary Elizabeth Hughes (November 13, 1919 Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume''. Perigee Books. . P. 586. – August 27, 1995) was an American film, television, a ...
as Ann Van Reichton
* Owen Davis Jr. as Greg Smith
*
Ernest Truex
Ernest Truex (September 19, 1889 – June 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.
Career
Truex was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He learned acting at an early age after his father, a doctor, treated actor Edwin Melvin, w ...
as Alumnus of Harvard
* Sumner Getchell as Blimpy
*
Peter Lind Hayes
Peter Lind Hayes (born Joseph Conrad Lind Jr.; June 25, 1915 – April 21, 1998) was an American vaudeville entertainer and film and television actor.
Early life
Hayes was born in San Francisco, the son of Joseph Conrad Lind Sr., a railroad man ...
as Skel Lorimer (as Peter Hayes)
* Don Castle as Jack
* Tom Collins as Tommy Torgler
Reception
According to MGM records the film earned $420,000 in the US and Canada and $160,000 elsewhere resulting in a loss of $33,000.
References
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1939 films
1930s romantic comedy-drama films
American black-and-white films
American romantic comedy-drama films
1930s English-language films
Films directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Films set in universities and colleges
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
1939 comedy films
1939 drama films
Films scored by David L. Snell
Films scored by Edward Ward (composer)
1930s American films
English-language romantic comedy-drama films
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