Letter of Introduction (1938)
Truly Great Entertainment - Great in theme...great in cast...and the great scalawag Charlie McCarthy
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.
- Date of release
- 1938-08-05
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- John M. Stahl
Casting
- Adolphe Menjou — John Mannering
- Andrea Leeds — Kay Martin
- George Murphy — Barry Paige
- Edgar Bergen — Himself
- Rita Johnson — Honey
- Ann Sheridan — Lydia Hoyt
- Ernest Cossart — Andrews, the Butler
- Frank Jenks — Joe, theatre prompter
- Eve Arden — Cora Phelps
- Jonathan Hale — Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
- Constance Moore — Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
- Frances Robinson — Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Letter of Introduction is a 1938 American comedy-drama film directed by John M. Stahl. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
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