Sorority House (1939 film)

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name = Sorority House


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director = John Farrow
producer = Robert Sisk
writer = Mary Ellen Chase (story)
Dalton Trumbo
starring = Anne Shirley
music = Roy Webb
cinematography = Nicholas Musuraca
editing = Harry Marker
distributor = RKO Radio Pictures
released = May 5, 1939
runtime = 64 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0031955

"Sorority House" is a 1939 drama film starring Anne shirley. The film was directed by John Farrow and based upon the Mary Ellen Chase story "Chi House".

Plot

Alice Fisher is the daughter of Lew Fisher, a grocery store owner. She is surprised when he reveals he has college money for her. Alice rolls into a boarding house and becomes friends with room mates Dotty Spencer and Merle Scott. Dotty suggests Alice to join a sorority if she spikes up her looks and earns a few more bucks.

Meanwhile, Alice falls in love with Bill Loomis, who is dating Neva Simpson. He asks Alice out for a date and recommends her for a sorority, stating she is actually rich but pretends not to be. When Alice writes her father a letter she doesn't have the money for a sorority, he sells his store to a chain and receives the money.

Bill and Alice soon fall in love and kiss. This results into conflicts, since Bill is still in a relationship with Neva. [ [http://san.beck.org/MM/1939/SororityHouse.html Movie Mirror] Plot outline]

Cast

*Anne Shirley - Alice Fisher
*James Ellison - Bill Loomis
*Barbara Read - Dotty Spencer
*Pamela Blake - Merle Scott
*J.M. Kerrigan - Lew Fisher
*Helen Wood - Mme. President - Martha Lanigan
*Doris Davenport - Neva Simpson
*June Storey - Norma Hancock
*Elisabeth Risdon - Mrs. Scott
*Chill Wills - Mr. Johnson

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