Rags to Riches (1941)
Maintaining Republic Pictures' early-1940s predilection for corny, antiquated titles, Rags to Riches made its national debut in the late summer of 1941. Despite its Horatio Algerish cognomen, the film is a fur-hijacking melodrama, with nary a genuine "rag" in sight. Taking a break from his usual screen villainy, Alan Baxter plays honest cabdriver Jimmy Rogers, who is falsely imprisoned for his supposed complicity in a recent fur robbery. With the help of his aspiring-singer sweetheart Carol (Mary Carlisle), Rogers clears himself and exposes the suave mastermind behind the theft. Anyone who can't figure out the culprit's identity has probably never seen any film made between 1940 and 1945. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alan Baxter, Mary Carlisle, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joseph Kane
Synopsis of Rags to Riches
Maintaining Republic Pictures' early-1940s predilection for corny, antiquated titles, Rags to Riches made its national debut in the late summer of 1941. Despite its Horatio Algerish cognomen, the film is a fur-hijacking melodrama, with nary a genuine "rag" in sight. Taking a break from his usual screen villainy, Alan Baxter plays honest cabdriver Jimmy Rogers, who is falsely imprisoned for his supposed complicity in a recent fur robbery. With the help of his aspiring-singer sweetheart Carol (Mary Carlisle), Rogers clears himself and exposes the suave mastermind behind the theft. Anyone who can't figure out the culprit's identity has probably never seen any film made between 1940 and 1945. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Rags to Riches
- Alan Baxter - Jimmy Rogers
- Ralf Harolde - Slip Conlan
- Suzanne Kaaren - Glenda
- Rosina Galli - Maria
- Daisy Lee Mothershed - Julia
- Francis Sayles - Bert Cassidy
- Adrian Morris - Bickford
- Mary Carlisle - Carol
- Paul Porcasi - Prof. Del Rio
- Eddie Acuff - Ace
- Charles Trowbridge - Prosecutor
- Joan Blair - Belle Cassidy
- Jerome Cowan - Abbott
- Director(s):
- Joseph Kane
- Writer(s):
- James R. Webb
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Kane
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