The read
It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Claude BinyonDirector
- Claude BinyonScreenplay
- Cyril J. MockridgeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Clifton WebbThornton Sayre
- Ginger RogersGloria Marlowe
- Anne FrancisCarol Sayre
- Jeffrey HunterBill Ainslee
- Elsa LanchesterMathilda Coffey
- Fred ClarkSam Levitt
- Paul HarveyDW Harrington
- Ray CollinsTimothy Stone
- Helene StanleyMimi
- Richard GarrickJudge Bowles
- Jay AdlerDesk Clerk (uncredited)
- Marietta CantyLavinia (uncredited)