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Four Girls in Town
Directed byJack Sher
Screenplay byJack Sher
Produced byAaron Rosenberg
StarringGeorge Nader
Julie Adams
Elsa Martinelli
John Gavin
Gia Scala
CinematographyIrving Glassberg
Edited byFredrick Y. Smith
Music byAlex North
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 16, 1957 (1957-01-16) (New York City)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million (US)[1]

Four Girls in Town is a 1957 American CinemaScope Technicolor drama film, directed by Jack Sher, about four girls trying to be movie stars.[2]

Plot

When the leading lady drops out of a new film to be shot in New Orleans, studio head James Manning seeks an unknown actress to be his new star. He finds four leading candidates and employs aspiring director Mike Snowden to conduct their screen tests.

The young women come from all walks of life. Kathy Conway is a Minnesota girl who agrees to try acting to please her mother. Ina Schiller is from Vienna, where she was recently widowed. Vicki Dauray comes from Paris, where she leaves behind a husband and child. Maria Antonelli is a beauty from Italy whose talent is mainly in alluring men.

Kathy takes a personal interest in Mike, but is disappointed when he leaves a party with Ina instead. Handsome actor Tom Grant is interested in Vicki and publicist Ted Larabee promotes her, neither aware that she is a married woman. Ina is introduced to Mike's moody composer friend Johnny Pryor, while Maria is seduced by Spencer Farrington, Jr., a playboy hotelier.

Kathy's mother turns up and expects everyone to recognize her daughter as a future star. Kathy fails her screen test, but realizes Mike wants to pursue a personal relationship with her. The original actress changes her mind and takes back the film role, but the studio offers Ina and Maria movie contracts, and marriage contracts with their new suitors. Vicki is not disappointed, realizing that her family comes first.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Top Grosses of 1957". Variety. January 8, 1958. p. 30.
  2. ^ Scheuer, Philip K. (Mar 14, 1957). "Curtis' 'Mister Cory' Crashes High Society". Los Angeles Times. p. C12.