Girls Can Play is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, and Rita Hayworth.[1]

Girls Can Play
Directed byLambert Hillyer
StarringJulie Bishop
Charles Quigley
Rita Hayworth
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byByron Robinson
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 23, 1937 (1937-06-23)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Ann Casey, a softball player, responds to a newspaper advertisement looking for models at a photography studio because she is sick of wearing activewear and wants to wear something more elegant. While in line, a reporter named Jimmy Jones diverts her, costing Ann the job inadvertently.

While she returns to playing softball, Jimmy thinks there might be a story in the team. He finds its owner is a gangster, Foy Harris, then stumbles into a diabolical murder plot involving Foy being disguised as a woman on the team. Foy first kills his partner, then, because she knows too much, murders player Sue Collins by poisoning the laces of her catcher's mitt.

Ann ends up hiding in Foy's closet, in danger of her life, then used as a hostage before Jimmy arrives to save her, just in time.

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References

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  1. ^ Heritage Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction 2005 Catalog #617. Heritage Capital Corporation. 1 June 2005. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-932899-81-8.
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