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CITY GIRL (1938) 63 min. Fox/Disney. D: Alfred J. Werker. This fast paced programmer proves that crime pays... until it doesn’t! A hash slinger (Phyllis Brooks) tires of living in a cold water flat with bickering parents while sipping ice cream sodas on Saturday night with her impoverished lawyer boyfriend (Robert Wilcox). Her sweet tooth for nightclubs and glitz becomes a whirlwind collage involving a hold-up and lying to the police. Things appear grim until she hooks up with the city’s top gangster (Ricardo Cortez). The subsequent medley of romance, divorce, murder, a car wreck, fake identities and undercover sleuthing is singularly entertaining. With: Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Adrienne Ames, and Charles Lane. Watch for Lon Chaney Jr. in a bit part as a gangster. Shown in 35mm.