Girls Can Play (1937)

Name: Girls Can Play
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1937-06-23
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Charles Quigley, Julie Bishop, John Gallaudet, Rita Hayworth, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Girls Can Play (1937), directed by Lambert Hillyer, starring Charles Quigley and Julie Bishop.

06/23/1937 BR Crime and Drama 59m

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Synopsis

The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).

Lambert HillyerDirector, Screenplay
Albert DeMondStory

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Girls Can Play is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, and Rita Hayworth.

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Girls Can Play is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, and Rita Hayworth.

Plot

Ann Casey, a softball player, responds to a newspaper advertisement looking for models at a photography studio because she is sick of wearing activewear and wants to wear something more elegant. While in line, a reporter named Jimmy Jones diverts her, costing Ann the job inadvertently.

When she returns to playing softball, Jimmy thinks there might be a story in the team. He finds its owner is a gangster, Foy Harris, and then stumbles into a diabolical murder plot involving Foy being disguised as a woman on the team. Foy first kills his partner, then, because she knows too much, murders player Sue Collins by poisoning the laces of her catcher's mitt.

Ann ends up hiding in Foy's closet, in danger of her life and is then used as a hostage before Jimmy arrives to save her, just in time.

Cast

Julie Bishop as Ann Casey (billed as Jacqueline Wells)

Rita Hayworth as Sue Collins

Charles Quigley as Jimmy Jones

John Gallaudet as Foy Harris

Patricia Farr as Peanuts O'Malley

References

External links

Girls Can Play at the Internet Movie Database

Text from Girls Can Play on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_Can_Play

Trivia

It premiered on June 23, 1937, a Wednesday.
It runs 0h59 — short for a feature film.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosColumbia Pictures
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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What is Girls Can Play about?

Girls Can Play: The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has suppose…

Who directed Girls Can Play?

Girls Can Play was directed by Lambert Hillyer in 1937.

Who stars in Girls Can Play?

The cast of Girls Can Play includes Charles Quigley, Julie Bishop, John Gallaudet, Rita Hayworth and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams.

How long is Girls Can Play?

Girls Can Play runs for 59 minutes, or 0h59.