Summary
Cafe Society is an American comedy romance film first released in 1939,
directed by Edward H. Griffith.
The film stars Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Jessie Ralph and Claude Gillingwater.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: Edward H. Griffith
- Script: Virginia Van Upp
- Photo: Ted Tetzlaff
- Cast: Madeleine Carroll (Christopher West), Fred MacMurray (Crick O’Bannon), Shirley Ross (Bells Browne), Jessie Ralph (Mrs. De Witt), Claude Gillingwater (Old Christopher West), Allyn Joslyn (Sonny De Witt), Paul Hurst (Bartender), Helen Ainsworth (Bobo Brennan), Don Alvarado (Don Jose Monterico), Eddie Borden (Les), Harlan Briggs (Justice of the Peace), Dolores Casey (Girl), Ethel Clayton (Woman), John Daheim (Reporter), Frank Dawson (Butler), Dorothy Dayton (Girl), Paula DeCardo (Girl), Lester Dorr (Waiter), Eddie Dunn (Newsreel Reporter), Norah Gale (Checkroom Girl), Edward Gargan (Cop), Gus Glassmire (Doctor), Harriette Haddon (Checkroom Girl), Al Hill (Cab Driver), Robert Emmett Keane (Random), Gwen Kenyon (Checkroom Girl), Judy King (Girl), Helen Lynd (Millie), Heidy Masbury (Guest), Joyce Mathews (Girl), Bernard Matis (Office Boy), Mira McKinney (Secretary), Tony Merlo (Headwaiter), Helaine Moler (Girl), Mary Parker (Southern Girl), Hilda Plowright (Maid), Frances Raymond (Justice of the Peace’s Wife), Ruth Rogers (Checkroom Girl), Reginald Simpson (Guest), Charles Smith (Office Boy), Dorothy Tree (Lady Photographer), Charles Trowbridge (Mr. Tiller, the Lawyer), Max Wagner (Guest), Janet Waldo (Girl), Luana Walters (Cigarette Girl), Bryant Washburn (Guest), Marion Weldon (Checkroom Girl), Dorothy White (Checkroom Girl), Gloria Williams (Nurse), Lillian Yarbo (Mattie Harriett)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 83 min; B&W
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