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Queen of the Night Clubs is a american film of genre Drama directed by Bryan Foy released in USA on 23 march 1929 with Texas Guinan
Queen of the Night Clubs (1929)
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Add to a movie listQueen of the Night Clubs is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical drama film produced and directed by Bryan Foy, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring legendary nightclub hostess Texas Guinan. The picture, which featured appearancess by Eddie Foy, Jr., Lila Lee, and George Raft, is now considered a lost film.
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After working as a hostess for Nick and Andy, Tex Malone leaves their employ and opens a club of her own. Looking for talent to book for the floor show, Tex hires Bee Walters and thereby breaks up Bee's act with Eddie Parr. Andy spitefully kills Tex's friend, Holland, and young Eddie is arrested for the crime on circumstantial evidence. Tex then learns from Eddie's father, Phil, that Eddie is her long-lost son. At the trial, Tex comes to Eddie's defense and persuades one member of the jury that there is reasonable doubt of Eddie's guilt. The jury repairs to Tex's club, where Tex discovers a piece of evidence that conclusively links Andy with the murder. Eddie is freed, and Tex and Phil get together for a second honeymoon.Actors
Texas Guinan
(Texas Malone)
John Davidson
(Don Holland)
Lila Lee
(Bea Walters)
John Miljan
(Grant - Lawyer)
Arthur Housman
(Andy Quinland)
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