Girl from Mandalay (1936)
Directed by Howard Bretherton / Howard P. Bretherton
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The ambitious Republic melodrama The Girl From Mandalay was based on Tiger Valley, a novel by Reginald Campbell. The title character is Mandalay resort entertainer Jeanie, played by Kay Linaker. When his aristocratic sweetheart gives him the air, Britisher John Foster (Conrad Nagel) marries Jeanie on the rebound. This sparks a minor scandal when Foster's best friend Kenneth Grainger (Donald Cook) assumes that Jeanie is Foster's mistress instead of his wife and treats her accordingly. It takes the invention of a fever epidemic and a marauding tiger to wash away all misunderstandings and hurt feelings, though the audience is left with the feeling that Jeanie would be better off if both Foster and Grainger got out of her life.
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attack, Britain, engagement, entertainer, epidemic, fiancee, girl, help, love, marriage, native, nightclub, refugee, rescue, respect, romance, songwriter, tiger
