The Painted Angel (1929)
The story of Mamie Hudler, aka Rodeo West, from her days as a New Orleans singer to a California Western movie cowgirl, star to the queen of the New York City nightclubs and speakeasies. Considered a lost film.
- Date of release
- 1929-12-01
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, Romance
- Director
- Millard Webb
Casting
- Billie Dove — Mamie Hudler / Rodeo West
- Edmund Lowe — Brood
- George MacFarlane — Oldfield
- Cissy Fitzgerald — Ma Hudler
- J. Farrell MacDonald — Pa Hudler
- Norman Selby — Jule
- Nellie Bly Baker — Sippie
- Will Stanton — Joe
- Douglas Gerrard — Sir Harry
- Shep Camp — Mac
- Peter Higgins — Singer
- Red Stanley — Dancer
Interesting facts
The Painted Angel is a 1929 American pre-Code musical film directed by Millard Webb and starring Billie Dove and Edmund Lowe. Adapted for the screen by Forrest Halsey, the film was based on a short story by Fannie Hurst titled "Give This Little Girl a Hand," which originally appeared in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan in 1928. The film is known as La favorita di Broadway in Italy. The tagline used to advertise the film was: Do you want to know the Truth about Night Club Hostesses?
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