review for City of Missing Girls on AllMovie

An almost unbearably slow "White Slavery" melodrama, City of Missing Girls bears a distinct resemblance to Street of Forgotten Women, a silent exploitation films of 1920s vintage that has survived sans any credits whatsoever. But both Clifton and screenwriter Oliver Drake were around in the 1920s and although the earlier film was much more honest regarding prostitution, City of Missing Girls is most likely a remake. As such, however, it doesn't hold up; the acting, by Astrid Allwyn, John Archer and H. B. Warner, is perfunctory at best and Clifton's direction downright slovenly. Street of Forgotten Women remains the superior picture in almost every way, it's lack of technical niceties notwithstanding. Watch for future television star Gale Storm (whose first name is misspelled "Gail") as one of the aspiring "actresses."