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Torch Singer (1933)

Torch Singer poster
Directed by
George Somnes, Alexander Hall
Genre
drama film, musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman becomes a nightclub singer and has to choose between her career and her child. She reconnects with an old flame who wants to help her.

dramaticemotionalromanticglamorousslightly datednostalgicsentimentallively

What happens

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 (May 20–27, 1933). It was released on DVD (as part of a six disc set entitled "Pre-Code Hollywood Collection") on April 7, 2009, and by itself on August 5, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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