Streamline Express

Streamline Express
Streamline Express
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Directed by	Leonard Fields
Written by	Wellyn Totman (story); Leonard Fields (screenplay) &; David Silverstein (screenplay) &; Olive Cooper (screenplay)
Produced by	Nat Levine (producer); George Yohalem (supervising producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta; Ernest Miller
Edited by	Joseph H. Lewis
Distributed by	Mascot Pictures
Release date	September 15, 1935;
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Streamline Express is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields, starring Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable and Esther Ralston, distributed by Mascot Pictures.^[1] The film is an adaptation of Twentieth Century, released the previous year, in which Ralph Forbes appears in a similar role.^[2]

Plot

Broadway star Patricia Wallace quits her Broadway show to run off with wealthy Fred Arnold. Her director Jimmy Hart follows them aboard a futuristic super-speed monorail, the Streamline Express. In its non-stop trip from New York City to Los Angeles in 20 hours, the double-decker Express can reach speeds up to 160 miles per hour. Meanwhile, also aboard is John Bradley and his mistress Elaine Vincent, but Bradley's wife Mary ends up on the train as well.

When Elaine gives her crooked pal Gilbert Landon a diamond pendant given her by Bradley, in order to keep Landon quiet about her past, she pretends that the pendant was stolen, in hopes of hiding the truth from Bradley. But Landon manages to throw suspicion on Jimmy Hart, who is masquerading as a steward. It takes confessions by several people to resolve everyone's dilemmas.

Cast

Victor Jory as Jimmy Hart
Evelyn Venable as Patricia Wallace
Esther Ralston as Elaine Vincent
Erin O'Brien-Moore as Mary Bradley (character erroneously credited as "Mary Forbes")
Ralph Forbes as Fred Arnold
Sidney Blackmer as Gilbert Landon
Vince Barnett as Mr. Jones
Clay Clement as John Bradley (character erroneously credited as "John Forbes")
Bobby Watson as Gerald Wilson
Lee Moran as Larry Houston
Syd Saylor as Smith, a Steward
Libby Taylor as Fawn, Patricia's Maid
Edward Hearn as Mack, a Purser
Allan Cavan as Senior Conductor
Wade Boteler as Baggage Gateman
Harry Tyler as Steve
Tommy Bupp as Wilbur, a Boy with Dog
Morgan Brown as Bartender
Jack Raymond as Baggage Man #1
C. Montague Shaw as Physician
Lynton Brent as Radio Operator
John Ridgely as Second Steward
Theodore von Eltz

References

^ Tushka, John (1999). The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927-1935. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland & Company Publishers. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9780786407491.
^ Cocchi, Jon (1991). Second Feature: The Best of the B's. Secaucus, New Jersey, USA: Carol Publishing Group. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9780806511863.

External links

Streamline Express at IMDb
Streamline Express at the TCM Movie Database
Synopsis at AllMovie
Review and stills at Bad Movie of the Week
Streamline Express is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

[1] Tushka, John (1999). The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927-1935. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland & Company Publishers. pp. 116–117. ISBN 9780786407491.

[cocchi-2] Cocchi, Jon (1991). Second Feature: The Best of the B's. Secaucus, New Jersey, USA: Carol Publishing Group. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9780806511863.

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