Washington Melodrama

Washington Melodrama
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Starring Frank Morgan
Ann Rutherford
Kent Taylor
Anne Gwynne
Dan Dailey
Music by David Snell
Cinematography Harold Rosson
Edited by Gene Ruggiero
Production
company
Release date
  • April 18, 1941 (1941-04-18)
Running time
 80 minutes
Country USA
Language English

Washington Melodrama is a 1941 American drama film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, and Kent Taylor .[1]

Plot

Washington, D.C. industrialist Calvin Claymore and newspaper publisher Hal Thorne are at odds over a proposed European aid bill. Calvin's young daughter Laurie is romantically involved with Hal as well.

At a nightclub owned by Whitney King, during a water ballet, Calvin meets performer Mary Morgan and, at King's suggestion, they begin to keep company. When his wife returns to town, Calvin offers his gratitude and an envelope filled with money. King turns up and demands the money, then kills Mary during a struggle over it.

As reporter Ronnie Clayton investigates the woman's death, Laurie goes undercover and becomes acquainted with King, which in turn makes his girlfriend Teddy Carlyle jealous and angry. King then shoots and wounds Teddy, who identifies him for the authorities before she dies.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Washington Melodrama". TCM. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
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