Joan Blondell

John Wayne

Philip Merivale

Blanche Yurka

Ray Middleton

Edith Barrett

Leonid Kinskey

Hattie Noel

Montagu Love

Carmel Myers

Dorothy Burgess

Guy Usher

Ivan Miller

Patricia Knox

Lew Payton

Marilyn Hare

Gladys Gale

Dolores Gray

Howard Hickman

Merrill McCormick

Howard M. Mitchell

William H. O'Brien

Dewey Robinson

Henry 'Hot Shot' Thomas

Minerva Urecal

Blue Washington

Martin Turner

Leigh Jason

Isabel Dawn

Boyce DeGaw

Garrett Fort

Ernest J. Nims

David Buttolph

Norbert Brodine

Albert J. Cohen

Walter Plunkett

John Victor Mackay

Al Wilson

Jule Styne

Sol Meyer

Drama

Romance

Lady for a Night

Republic Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

Joan Blondell delivers something of a feisty Stanwyck-style character in her depiction of successful river boat owner "Jenny". Together with her local kingpin co-partner "Jackson" (John Wayne) they make a good living from the great and the good of Tennessee society. The thing is, though, "Jenny" has ambitions to join that society. She craves respectability and when an opportunity to marry into the "Alderson" family presents itself, she doesn't think twice. Her new husband "Alan" (Ray Middleton) is a bit of a drunk, but his family need her money so unwillingly tolerate her. All except, "Julia" (Blanche Yurka) who really does look down her nose at her new in-law. The more "Jenny" tries, the more cleverly antagonistic her nemesis becomes until finally murder ensues and the truth must out... It's a bit of an amalgam of stories this, and the really rather wooden Wayne features too sparingly to make much difference to the rather meandering drama. Hattie Noel has some fun as "Chloe" and there's a bit of toe-tapping mid way through but the rest of this is all just a little procedural with an expected twist right at the denouement. It's a good looking tale of rancour, envy, love and bitterness - but told in fashion you're not really likely to remember.

English