Washington Melodrama (1941)
- Starring:
- Frank Morgan, Ann Rutherford, (more)
- Director(s):
- S. Sylvan Simon
Synopsis of Washington Melodrama
With a little extra effort, Washington Melodrama might have passed muster as an A picture. Frank Morgan stars as millionaire philanthropist Calvin Claymore, who comes to Washington in hopes of promoting a Senate bill on behalf of European war relief. Away from his wife (Fay Holden) and daughter Laurie (Ann Rutherford) for the first time in years, Claymore succumbs to tempation and spends a night on the town with chorus girl Mary Morgan (Anne Gwynne). Though nothing of a sexual nature transpires, Claymore finds himself in a compromising-and possibly fatal-position when Mary later turns up murdered. Blackmailed by slimy nightclub emcee Whitney King (Dan Dailey), Claymore is unable to turn to the police, and must stand by helplessly as the trail of clues leads inexorably to himself. Making matters worse, reporter Walt Thorne (Kent Taylor), the principal investigator on the case, has fallen in love with Claymore's daughter Laurie. It's a melodrama, all right, done up in style by MGM and a topnotch cast. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Washington Melodrama
- Frank Morgan - Calvin Claymore
- Kent Taylor - Hal Thorne
- Lee Bowman - Ronnie Colton
- Virginia Grey - Teddy Carlyle
- Sara Haden - Mrs. Harrington
- Douglas Dumbrille - Donnelly
- Hal K. Dawson - Logan
- Joseph Crehan - Phil Sampson
- Howard Hickman - Bishop Chatterton
- Ann Rutherford - Laurie Claymore
- Dan Dailey - Whitney King
- Fay Holden - Mrs. Claymore
- Anne Gwynne - Mary Morgan
- Olaf Hytten - Parry
- Cliff Clark - Simpson
- Thurston Hall - Sen. Morton
- Frederick Burton - Dean Lawford
- Virginia Brissac - Mrs. Curzon
- Director(s):
- S. Sylvan Simon
- Writer(s):
- Roy Chanslor, Marion Parsonnet
- Producer(s):
- Edgar Selwyn
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