Cafe Hostess (1940)

Name: Cafe Hostess
Director: Sidney Salkow
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1940-01-11
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley, Wynne Gibson

Crime Drama

Director: Sidney Salkow

Cast: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley, Wynne Gibson

6.5

Runtime65 min

RatingNR

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A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.

Critical Reception & Ratings

Cafe Hostess (1940), directed by Sidney Salkow, is a crime drama that follows a dancehall girl who falls in love with a sailor, but faces opposition from the club owner who doesn't want her to leave. While the film has a solid 6.5/10 rating on IMDb, critical reception and awards recognition for this movie are not widely reported.

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Fans of 1940s crime dramas will enjoy the compelling performances and gritty, realistic depiction of life in a dancehall in director Sidney Salkow's 1940 film Cafe Hostess, starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak.

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Cafe Hostess is a 1940 American crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak. The screenplay was written by Harold Shumate, based on a story by Tay Garnett and Howard Higgin. Prior to filming the studio had been warned by the MPAA that the film did not comply with its code, but it is unclear whether changes were made to the script.