Washington Melodrama.

Duration: 8 reels

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1941

Creator: S. Sylvan Simon

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Ann Rutherford, Frank Morgan, Dan Dailey

Description: 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. King turns up and demands the money, then kills Mary during a struggle over it.

Complete Record: WASHINGTON MELODRAMA. Loew's Inc., c1941. Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 8 reels, sd., b&w. Based on a play by L. du Rocher Macpherson. Credits: Producer, Edgar Selwyn; director, S. Sylvan Simon; screenplay, Marion Parsonnet, Roy Chanslor; music score, David Snell; film editor, Gene Ruggiero. © Loew's Inc.; 17Apr41; LP10433.

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