Torch Singer (1933)
She traded "shame" … for fame!
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
- Date of release
- 1933-09-08
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Music, Drama, Romance
- Director
- George Somnes, Alexander Hall
Casting
- Claudette Colbert — Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton
- Ricardo Cortez — Tony Cummings
- David Manners — Michael 'Mike' Gardner
- Lyda Roberti — Dora Nichols
- Charley Grapewin — Andrew 'Juddy' Judson
- Sam Godfrey — Harry, Radio Announcer
- Florence Roberts — Mother Angelica
- Virginia Hammond — Mrs. Julia Judson
- Ethel Griffies — Agatha Alden
- Baby LeRoy — Bobby, Dora's Baby at 1 Year
- Mildred Washington — Carrie
- Cora Sue Collins — Sally, Age 5
Interesting facts
Torch Singer is a 1933 American pre-Code Paramount Pictures film directed by Alexander Hall and George Somnes and starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners and Lyda Roberti. The screenplay was written by Lenore J. Coffee and Lynn Starling, based on the short story Mike by Grace Perkins, which was published in Liberty magazine. It was released on DVD on April 7, 2009, and by itself on August 5, 2014.
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