| Lady Gangster | |
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| Directed by | Robert Florey |
| Screenplay by | Anthony Coldeway |
| Based on | Women in Prison 1932 play by Dorothy Mackaye Carlton Miles |
| Produced by | William Jacobs |
| Starring | Faye Emerson Julie Bishop |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | Harold McLernon |
| Music by | Various |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lady Gangster is a 1942 Warner Bros. B picture crime film directed by Robert Florey, credited as "Florian Roberts". It is based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye, who in 1928, as #440960, served less than ten months of a one- to three-year sentence in San Quentin State Prison.[1][2][3][4] Lady Gangster is a remake of the pre-Code film, Ladies They Talk About (1933). Jackie Gleason plays a supporting role.
- ^ "Dorothy Mackaye Released from Prison". Delaware County Daily Times. Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. January 2, 1929. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Gene Coughlin, "Tragedies of the Stage", Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (September 12, 1948), p. American Weekly, p. 7.
- ^ "Dorothy Mackaye". Deranged LA Crimes. November 22, 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Convict No.44,960". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, PA. March 2, 1928. p. 3. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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