''Hotel for Women'' (or ''Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women'') is a 1939 American
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Gregory Ratoff
Gregory Ratoff (born Grigory Vasilyevich Ratner; russian: Григорий Васильевич Ратнер, tr. ; April 20, c. 1893 – December 14, 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. As an actor, he was bes ...
and starring
Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920 ...
,
Linda Darnell
Linda Darnell (born Monetta Eloyse Darnell; October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965) was an American actress. Darnell progressed from modeling as a child to acting in theater and film. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in ...
, and
James Ellison James Ellison may refer to:
* James O. Ellison (1929–2014), U.S. federal judge
* James T. Ellison (1862–1920s), New York gangster
*James Ellison (actor) (1910–1993), American film actor
*James Ellison (footballer, born 1901) (1901–1958), En ...
. It was Darnell's screen debut.
Plot
When she is jilted by her boyfriend, a young woman is encouraged to become a
model
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by the women at the
hotel
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where she is staying.
Production
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
s
Richard Day and
Joseph C. Wright.
Partial cast
References
Bibliography
* Davis, Ronald L. ''Hollywood Beauty: Linda Darnell and the American Dream''. University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.
External links
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1939 films
1939 drama films
American drama films
Films directed by Gregory Ratoff
20th Century Fox films
American black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by Kathryn Scola
Films about modeling
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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