- Sorority House (1939 film)
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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 byJohn Farrow and based upon theMary 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. JohnsonReferences
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