''Times Square Lady'' is a 1935 American

crime drama film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...

directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor,

Virginia Bruce Virginia Bruce (born Helen Virginia Briggs; September 29, 1910 – February 24, 1982) was an American actress and singer. Early life Bruce was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an infant she moved with her parents, Earil and Margaret Briggs, ...

and

Helen Twelvetrees Helen Marie Twelvetrees ( Jurgens; December 25, 1908 – February 13, 1958) was an American actress. She starred in Hollywood films in the sound film era from 1929 to 1939. Many of her roles were of "suffering women,” which reflected her tumul ...

.Quirk p.36 It was produced and distributed by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...

Plot

Toni Bradley comes to New York from Iowa to take over her late father's business, most of which involved gambling. Her father's former associates plan to take the business away from her but with the help of one of them, Steve Gordon who changes sides and a songwriter, Pinky Tomlin, she manages to fight back.

Cast

* Robert Taylor as Steve Gordon *

as Toni Bradley *

Pinky Tomlin Truman Virgil "Pinky" Tomlin (September 9, 1907 – December 12, 1987) was an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to performing in occasional motion pictures, he wrote and published 22 songs, s ...

as Pinky Tomlin of Durant Oklahoma *

as Margo Heath *

Isabel Jewell Isabel Jewell (July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972) was an American actress, who rose to prominence in the 1930s and early 1940s. Some of her more famous films were '' Ceiling Zero'', ''Marked Woman'', ''A Tale of Two Cities'', and ''Gone with the Wi ...

as 'Babe' *

Nat Pendleton Nathaniel Greene Pendleton (August 9, 1895 – October 12, 1967) was an American Olympic wrestler, film actor, and stage performer. His younger brother, Edmund J. Pendleton (1899–1987), was a well-known music composer and choir ...

as Mack *

Jack La Rue Jack La Rue (born Gaspare Biondolillo; May 3, 1902 – January 11, 1984) was an American film and stage actor. Early life and family Gaspare Biondolillo was the son of Sicilian immigrants Luigi Biondolillo (1874–1951) and Giuseppa Biondoli ...

as Jack Kramer *

Henry Kolker Joseph Henry Kolker (November 13, 1874 – July 15, 1947) was an American stage and film actor and film director, director. Early years Kolker was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1874. (Some sources say 1870.) He came to America at age five and w ...

as Mr. Fielding *

Raymond Hatton Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures. Biography Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howe ...

as 'Slim' Kennedy *

Russell Hopton Harry Russell Hopton (February 18, 1900 – April 7, 1945) was an American film actor and director. Biography Hopton was born in New York City, New York. He appeared in 110 films between 1926 and 1945, often playing streetwise characters f ...

as Ed Brennan *

Fred Kohler Fredrick Louis Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to suppor ...

as 'Dutch' Meyers * Robert Elliott as 'Brick' Culver * Paul Stanton as Barney Engel * George Irving as Mr. Ashton * Pat Flaherty as Buck Pierson, Hockey Player *

Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series ''Wagon Train'' from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert th ...

as Dugan, Hockey Player *

Dick Elliott Richard Damon Elliott (April 30, 1886 – December 22, 1961) was an American character actor who played in over 240 films from the 1930s until the time of his death. Early years Elliott was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Career Elliott p ...

as Stage Doorman *

Tyler Brooke Tyler Brooke (born Victor Hugo de Bierre, June 6, 1886 – March 2, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California by committin ...

as Casa Nova Bandmaster * Beatrice Roberts as Casa Nova Patron *

Ellinor Vanderveer Ellinor Vanderveer (August 5, 1886 – May 27, 1976) was an American actress. Biography Born in New York City in 1886, in films Vanderveer usually played dowagers, high class society matrons or party guests. She appeared in 111 films fro ...

as Casa Nova Patron

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $310,000 in the US and Canada and $114,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $131,000.

References

Bibliography

* Quirk, Lawrence J. ''The Films of Robert Taylor''. Citadel Press, 1975.

External links

''Times Square Lady'' details, tcm.com; accessed August 10, 2015.
* 1935 films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1935 crime drama films American crime drama films American black-and-white films Films scored by Edward Ward (composer) 1930s English-language films 1930s American films Films directed by George B. Seitz Films set in New York City English-language crime drama films {{1930s-crime-drama-film-stub