Shantytown (1943)
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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama, Music
Release: 1943-04-20
Director: Joseph Santley
Writers: Olive Cooper , Henry K. Moritz
Language: English
Stars: Mary Lee , John Archer , Marjorie Lord , Harry Davenport (I) (1866–1949) , Billy Gilbert
Runtime: 66 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Lágrimas y sonrisas (Mexico) , Shantytown , Lágrimas e Sorrisos (Brazil) , Shantytown (United Kingdom) , Au coin de notre rue (France, French Republic) , Shantytown (United States of America)
Plot: Elizabeth "Liz" Gorty (Mary Lee) lives with her mother and stepfather in a ramshackle boarding house in "Shantytown" on the "wrong side of the tracks." Bill Allen (John Archer) and his wife Virginia (Marjorie Lord) rent a room from the Gorty's and "Liz", always a tomboy, resolves to become a lady like Virginia, who is expecting a baby. Bill is a fugitive from the law because he was innocently involved in a crime pulled off by the "Ace" Landers gang. Landers (Noel Madison) locates Bill and the latter is forced to drive a get-away car in a bank robbery. The gang is caught but Bill escapes. Meanwhile, Virginia is ill and is attended by kindly old "Doc" Herndon (Harry Davenport). "Liz" manages to get on an amateur-hour broadcast, sings "On The Corner of Sunshine and Main" and "It Had To Be You", accompanied by Marty Malneck (Matty Malneck) and his Orchestra , and she tosses in a plea for Bill to come home.
IMDB:tt0036344