Cafe Hostess (1939)

Directed by

Sidney Salkow

Genre

crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 05m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A woman works as a hostess in a nightclub and gets caught up in criminal activities. She must navigate danger and moral choices.

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What happens

Cafe Hostess (also known as Street of Missing Women) is a 1940 American crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was written by Harold Shumate, based on a story by Tay Garnett and Howard Higgin. Prior to filming the studio had been warned by the MPAA that the film did not comply with its code, but it is unclear whether changes were made to the script. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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