An Angel from Texas (1940)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Ray Enright

Writers:

George S. Kaufman (play)
Fred Niblo Jr. (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

27 April 1940 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Stage struck Lydia Weston leaves her small Texas town for Broadway. Left behind is her steady beau Peter...

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Newspaper Headline | Show Business | Times Square | Partnership

Cast

Eddie Albert	...	Peter Coleman
Rosemary Lane	...	Lydia Weston
Wayne Morris	...	Mac McClure
Jane Wyman	...	Marge Allen
Ronald Reagan	...	Marty Allen
Ruth Terry	...	Valerie Blayne
John Litel	...	Gordon Quigley
Hobart Cavanaugh	...	Mr. C. H. Robelink
Ann Shoemaker	...	Addie Lou Coleman
Tom Kennedy	...	Chopper - Davis Henchman

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #6092) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:G

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Two cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Dudley Dickerson (Black Man) and Eddie Acuff (Stagehand).

Movie Connections:

Version of Hello, Sweetheart (1935)

Soundtrack:

Der Erlkönig

The Producers

This Warner Brothers movie uses its juvenile B leads from BROTHER RAT in another version of George Kaufman's BUTTER AND EGG MAN. The dialogue is sharp and brittle, but only Ronald Reagan as a fast-talking, down-at-the-heels Broadway producer and Jane Wyman are spot on. Wayne Morris is miscast as Reagan's partner and Eddie Albert is dull in yet another go around as a put-upon nice guy.

Jane Wyman was a wonderful comic actress at this stage in her career and this was precisely her meat: hair bleached blonde and talking a mile a minute. Unfortunately, in a few years she would win an Oscar for playing a mute in JOHNNY BELINDA and would never get a chance to be this entertaining again.