Cafe Hostess (1940)
1h 5m
Running Time
January 11, 1940Release Date
Cafe Hostess (1940)
1h 5m
Running Time
January 11, 1940Release Date
Plot.
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.
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Cast & Crew.
Preston Foster
Dan Walters
Ann Dvorak
Jo
Douglas Fowley
Eddie Morgan
Wynne Gibson
Annie
Arthur Loft
Steve Mason
Sidney Salkow
Director
Bruce Bennett
Budge
Eddie Acuff
Scotty
Harold Shumate
Writer
Bradley Page
Al
Tay Garnett
Writer
Howard Higgin
Writer
Dorothy Comingore
Tricks
Benjamin H. Kline
Cinematographer
Beatrice Blinn
Daisy
Dick Wessel
Henchman Willie
Al Clark
Editor
Peggy Shannon
Nellie
Frank Austin
Peddler
Walter Baldwin
Jones
Don Beddoe
Customer
James Blaine
Cop
Veda Ann Borg
Cafe Hostess
Betty Compson
Cafe Hostess
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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.