Alias French Gertie (1930)
66 mins | Melodrama | 20 April 1930
Director:
George ArchainbaudWriter:
Wallace SmithCinematographer:
J. Roy HuntProduction Company:
RKO Productions, Inc.It is possible that Bayard Veiller's play was never produced. It previously served as the basis of the 1925 R-C Pictures film Smooth as Silk, directed by Ralph Ince and starring Evelyn Brent and Bruce Gordon (see entry).
Alias French Gertie was the first film in which actress Bebe Daniels and actor Ben Lyon appeared together. The couple married shortly after the release of the film and remained together until her death in 1971. In the late 1930s, they moved to England, where they became popular radio personalities, particularly with their long-running series Life with the Lyons. ...
It is possible that Bayard Veiller's play was never produced. It previously served as the basis of the 1925 R-C Pictures film Smooth as Silk, directed by Ralph Ince and starring Evelyn Brent and Bruce Gordon (see entry).
Alias French Gertie was the first film in which actress Bebe Daniels and actor Ben Lyon appeared together. The couple married shortly after the release of the film and remained together until her death in 1971. In the late 1930s, they moved to England, where they became popular radio personalities, particularly with their long-running series Life with the Lyons.
Marie, posing as a French maid, is about to enter her employer's safe when light-fingered Jimmy Hartigan surprises her and lifts the jewels. He is about to divide the spoils with her at gunpoint when the police arrive; and hiding Marie, he takes the rap. After his release from prison, he and Marie, now known as Gertie the Gun, form a partnership. In a grand apartment she cultivates society friends, including the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Matson, while Jimmy robs banks. At last she induces him to go straight and invest their savings in Mr. Matson's concern, but Jimmy is doublecrossed and determines to return to safecracking. He goes to her former employer's home to steal the jewels, but she wounds him. Kelcey, a detective tipped off by Marie, bids them to go free and ...
Marie, posing as a French maid, is about to enter her employer's safe when light-fingered Jimmy Hartigan surprises her and lifts the jewels. He is about to divide the spoils with her at gunpoint when the police arrive; and hiding Marie, he takes the rap. After his release from prison, he and Marie, now known as Gertie the Gun, form a partnership. In a grand apartment she cultivates society friends, including the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Matson, while Jimmy robs banks. At last she induces him to go straight and invest their savings in Mr. Matson's concern, but Jimmy is doublecrossed and determines to return to safecracking. He goes to her former employer's home to steal the jewels, but she wounds him. Kelcey, a detective tipped off by Marie, bids them to go free and reform.
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