Lady Gangster
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Lady Gangster is a 1942 American film directed by Robert Florey
and based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison and is considered to be a remake of Ladies They Talk About
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Robert Florey
Robert Florey was a French screenwriter, director of short films, and actor who moved to Hollywood in 1921. In 1950, Florey was made a knight in the French Légion d'honneur....
and based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison and is considered to be a remake of Ladies They Talk About
Ladies They Talk About
Ladies They Talk About is a 1933 Pre-Code women in prison film about a woman sent to San Quentin. Based on the play Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye and Carlton Miles, the film stars Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lillian Roth.-Plot:...
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Cast
- Faye EmersonFaye EmersonFaye Margaret Emerson was an American film actress and television interviewer, known as "The First Lady of Television". She acted in many Warner Brothers films beginning in 1941...
as Dorothy Drew Burton - Julie BishopJulie Bishop (actress)Julie Bishop was an American film and television actress. She appeared in over 80 films between 1923 and 1957....
as Myrtle Reed - Frank WilcoxFrank WilcoxFrank Reppy Wilcox was an American character actor who made over 150 film appearances and almost 200 TV appearances...
as Kenneth Phillips - Roland DrewRoland DrewRoland Drew or Walter Goss was an American actor, primarily worked in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. He would later retire from acting and became a dressmaker.Drew was born in Elmhurst, New York and died Santa Monica, California....
as Carey Wells - Jackie GleasonJackie GleasonJackie Gleason was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, especially by his character Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners, a situation-comedy television series. His most noted film roles were as Minnesota Fats in the drama film The...
as Wilson - Ruth FordRuth Ford (actress)Ruth Ford was an American model and stage and film actress. Her brother was the bohemian surrealist Charles Henri Ford. Their parents managed the Tennessee Hotel in Clarksville, Tennessee.-Life and career:As a model she posed for Harper's, Town and Country and Mademoiselle...
as Lucy Fenton - Virginia BrissacVirginia BrissacVirginia Brissac was an American stage and film actress. With her stern features, she often played schoolteachers and other authority figures....
as Mrs. Stoner - Dorothy Vaughan as Matron Jenkins
- Dorothy AdamsDorothy AdamsDorothy Adams was an American character actress. She was married to character actor Byron Foulger from 1921-1970. She was the mother of soap opera actress Rachel Ames...
as Deaf Annie - William HopperWilliam HopperWilliam Hopper, born DeWolf Hopper, Jr. was an American actor. He is best-remembered for playing Paul Drake on television's Perry Mason.-Early life:...
as John - Vera LewisVera LewisVera Lewis was an American film and stage actress, beginning in the silent film era. She appeared in 183 films between 1915 and 1947....
as Ma Silsby - Herbert RawlinsonHerbert RawlinsonHerbert Rawlinson was an English stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound films. Rawlinson died of lung cancer in 1953...
as Lewis Sinton - Peggy Diggins as Mary, a trustee
- Charles C. Wilson as Detective
- William 'Bill' Phillips as Stew
- Frank MayoFrank MayoFrank Mayo was an American actor and comedian, born in Boston, Massachusetts.He moved to San Francisco where at seventeen years of age he began his career and within a few years was appearing with the young Edwin Booth...
as Walker - Leah BairdLeah BairdLeah Baird was an American actress of the silent screen, and a screenwriter.-Life:She began her film career in 1910 in Jean and the Waif opposite Jean, the Vitagraph Dog. She played several leads in William F. Brady's troupe, opposite Douglas Fairbanks...
as Matron