Girl in Room 20 (1946)
1h 3m
Running Time
January 1, 1946Release Date
Plot.
Daisy Mae Walker is an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to a Big City to pursue a show business career. A kindly cab driver and a troupe of down-and-out musicians staying at her hotel provide her advice and support; but she falls prey to a sleazy nightclub owner who promises her stardom and makes her his "kept woman". NB: There is no "The" in the title of this film.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Geraldine Brock
Daisy Mae Walker
Spencer Williams
Joe Phillips / Director
R. Jore
Dunbar Hamilton
E. Celese Allen
Winston Moody, troupe leader
James B. Edward
Musician Jones, per screen cast
July Jones
Jones per IMDb. Name appears in opening cast at top of co-star cast, but no place on end cast
Buzz Ayecock
Johnny
Katherine Moore
Clementine Riddle
Charles M. Reese
Henry Riddle
Frank Tanner
Dopey Dan
J.W. (John) Hemmings
Jim Walker
Myra D. Hemmings
Sarra Walker
Margery Moore
Mabel Walker
H.W. Kier
Producer
G.T. Sutton
Hotel Manager
Mamie Fisher
Mamie Wilson
Jack Specht
Cinematographer
Howard Galloway
Arnold Richardson
Montgne McCormy
Beauty Parlor Gossip
Norma Johnson
Beauty Parlor Gossip
Dorothy Scott
Nurse
Details.
This Movie Is About.
prostitute
fistfight
aspiring singer
cab driver
big city
all black cast
nightclub owner
boyfriend girlfriend
small town girl
musicians
race movie
Wiki.
The Girl in Room 20 is a 1949 film directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The story features Daisy Mae Walker, an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, only to fall prey to a sleazy nightclub owner. Thanks to the intervention of a kindly taxi driver, Daisy Mae is able to achieve her goals. The film is categorized as a race film.
The Girl in Room 20 was filmed in 1946, but did not receive theatrical distribution until 1949.
A 2002 Chicago Tribune article describes the film as provocative.