Actors and Sin 1952  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marsha Hunt, Dan O'Herlihy, Eddie Albert, Rudolph Anders, Alan Reed, Tracey Roberts, Jenny Hecht, Paul Guilfoyle, Ric Roman, Betty Field, Louis B. Mayor, Jack L. Warner, George Baxter, Ben Hecht
This film contains a two-part anthology. In "Actor's Blood," Shakespearean actor Maurice Tillayou (Edward G. Robinson) tries to control the career of his actress daughter, Marcia (Marsha Hunt). After Marcia commits suicide, Maurice makes her death look like murder. In "Woman of Sin," Hollywood agent Orlando Higgins (Eddie Albert) is shocked when he learns that his new screen-writer client, Millicent Egelhofer (Jenny Hecht), is actually a nine-year-old girl.
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Angels Over Broadway 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, John Qualen, George Watts, Ralph Theodore, Eddie Foster, Jack Roper, Constance Worth, Walter Baldwin
A do-gooder playwright attempts to prevent an embezzler from committing suicide and then give him a reason for living. Great dialogue but the characters are a bit hard to believe.
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