Gigolette

Gigolette (1935)

SMILES FOR SALE by a pretty night club hostess who lost her heart to a "sucker"

Kay Parrish, a society girl, finds she is penniless when her father dies. However she persuades Terry Gallagher to give her a hostess job at his New York City clip-joint, which he operates on the theory that if the suckers want it he'll give it to them, albeit he does apply some principles regarding the matter. A Broadway playboy, Greg Emerson, falls in love with Kay and proposes but his high-society parents object strongly. Terry. although he also has fallen in love with Kay and doesn't realize she feels the same about him, sets out to provide a happy ending for the couple.

Date of release
1935-02-15
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 5m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Charles Lamont

Casting

Interesting facts

Gigolette is a 1935 American romance film directed by Charles Lamont from a screenplay and story by Gordon Kahn. The film stars Adrienne Ames, Ralph Bellamy, Donald Cook, and Robert Armstrong.

Production

In June 1934 it was announced that Select Productions had purchased the rights to the original story by Gordon Kahn, "Gigolette". It was the second of twelve scheduled productions for Select, a new production company which was filming pictures at the Biograph Studios in New York. Casting for the film was scheduled for the middle of July 1934, with filming to begin on the 30th of the month.

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