Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Lady for a Night (1942) - (John Wayne) US one-sheet

Lady for a Night (1942) - (John Wayne) US one-sheet

This is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet poster for the 1942 Leigh Jason film Lady for a Night based on a screenplay by Isabel Dawn and Boyce DeGaw and starring John Wayne as Jackson Morgan. The casino steamboat Memphis Belle in this film became the namesake for a famous World War II B-17 bomber. Plot summary: Jenny Blake [Joan Blondell] and Jack Morgan jointly own the Memphis Belle, a casino steamboat, which caters to an upper-class clientele. To improve her social position Jenny marries plantation owner Alan Alderson [Ray Middleton], to the dismay of Jack who secretly loves Jenny. Alan's family does not accept Jenny, and Jack and Alan's aunt Julia [Blanche Yurka] conspire to sabotage the new marriage.

Cast and crew: Leigh Jason, Isabel Dawn, Boyce DeGaw, Joan Blondell, John Wayne, Philip Merivale, Blanche Yurka, Ray Middleton, Edith Barrett, Leonit Kinskey, Hattie Noel, Montagu Love, Carmel Myers, Dorothy Burgess, Guy Usher, Ivan Miller, Patricia Knox, Lew Payton



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