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(More customer reviews)Career Girl stars Frances Langford who performs some very well done musical numbers in this film; her acting is fairly good but her singing is better. In fact, the acting isn't quite what I hoped for; some actors do a marvelous job while the acting by others is really rather flat--with the exception of Craig Woods as James Blake who is supposed to be rather one-dimensional. The plot moves along at a very good pace and it held my attention the entire way through; I only became more interested as the film progressed. There are a few plot twists but it's all easy to understand. In addition, the choreography is excellent for the closing musical number; Frances Langford and the crew do a marvelous job of closing this film with a terrific punch!
When the film starts we meet would-be Broadway star Joan Terry (Frances Langford) who checks into Barton Hall after spending too much money at a much fancier hotel while looking for acting work on Broadway. Once in Barton Hall Joan meets several interesting characters, all of whom are women with the same ambition: to make it big on Broadway. There's Joan's spunky friend Glenda Benton (Iris Adrian), the snooty and calculating Thelma (Linda Brent), the naïve, sweet but maybe not so talented Sue (Ariel Heath), and "Pop" Billings (Alec Craig) who runs the boarding house.
Eventually, Joan's fiancé James Blake (Craig Woods) becomes more and more impatient; he wants Joan to return to Kansas City and marry him. Although James is wealthy, Joan thinks he is stuffy; she wants fame as a Broadway star even more. Joan also accidentally gets flowers from another man and it looks as if she got flowers from a man named Steve Dexter (Edward Norris). All complications aside, however, Joan and Steve begin a relationship that blossoms into love even though they can't be together often.
Joan runs out of money and it looks like she must return to Kansas City--and marry the man she doesn't truly love. That's when Glenda gets the idea to draw up a "contract" so that the women, with help from "Pop" Billings, can finance Joan's stay in New York until she can find good work as a Broadway actress. Then, they hope, she will find work for them all, or at least give them a financial return on their investment. They call themselves "Talent, Inc." Things begin to look even better for Joan when the women finally manage to get Joan noticed by Felix Black (Charles Judels) and Louis Horton (Charles Williams) who can put on a show with Joan as the star.
What happens next could surprise you, especially because James is in New York and he isn't about to simply let go of Joan. How far will James go to derail Joan's career? What about the other young women--will they get work on Broadway or see anything from their investment in Joan? How will "Pop" Billings feel about letting Joan live rent-free until she finds work? Watch and find out!
Career Girl gives us a great chance to see Frances Langford on screen; it's nice to be able to watch her as she sings. The plot is fairly good. Despite this being a "B movie, fans of Frances Langford and fans of movie musicals may want to add this movie to their collections.
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