Sorority House (film)
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| Directed by | John Farrow |
| Produced by | Robert Sisk |
| Screenplay by | Dalton Trumbo |
| Based on | the story "Chi House" by Mary Coyle Chase |
| Starring | Anne Shirley James Ellison |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Nick Musuraca, A.S.C. |
| Edited by | Harry Marker |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. |
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Release dates
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May 5, 1939 |
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Running time
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64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Sorority House is a 1939 American drama film starring Anne Shirley and James Ellison. The film was directed by John Farrow and based upon the Mary Coyle Chase play named Chi House.[1]
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Plot
Alice Fisher (Anne Shirley) is the daughter of Lew Fisher (J. M. Kerrigan), a grocery store owner. She is surprised when he reveals he has college money for her. Alice rolls into a boarding house and becomes friends with room mates Dotty Spencer (Barbara Read) and Merle Scott (Pamela Blake). Dotty suggests Alice to join a sorority if she spikes up her looks and earns a few more bucks.
Meanwhile, Alice falls in love with Bill Loomis (James Ellison), who is dating Neva Simpson (Doris Jordan). He asks Alice out for a date and recommends her for a sorority, stating she is actually rich but pretends not to be. When Alice writes her father a letter she doesn't have the money for a sorority, he sells his store to a chain and receives the money.
Bill and Alice soon fall in love and kiss. This results in conflicts, since Bill is still in a relationship with Neva.[2]
Cast
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Production
Tim Holt was originally announced as male lead, intending to be reunited with Anne Shirley from Stella Dallas but this did not eventuate.[3]
Veronica Lake was cast in a small role, her first screen part. This was removed in the edit, but the experience encouraged Lake to pursue acting.[4]
Sorority House was a loose reworking of RKO's earlier Finishing School (1934). Scripted by Dalton Trumbo, who'd later get into hot water with the HUAC (The House Un-American Activities Committee) for another screenplay about a group of ladies living together, Tender Comrade (1943). This film was later used by the HUAC as evidence of Dalton Trumbo spreading communist propaganda. Trumbo was subsequently blacklisted.[5]
References
- ↑ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p130
- ↑ Movie Mirror Plot outline
- ↑ Selznick Quests New Serious Lombard Idea Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 12 Dec 1938: 28.
- ↑ VERONICA LAKE, FULL FACE By THEODORE STRAUSS. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 08 Nov 1942: X3.
- ↑ http://www.allmovie.com/movie/sorority-house-v111106
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Sorority House at IMDb
- Sorority House at AllMovie
- Sorority House at the TCM Movie Database
- Sorority House at the American Film Institute Catalog
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