THREE GIRLS LOST

DIRECTED BY SYDNEY LANFIELD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

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Duke with Loretta Young.........................Duke with Joan Marsh

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Three smalltown girls, Noreen, Edna, and Marsha, arrive in the big city
and rent an apartment together. When Marsha becomes locked out without her key
handsome architect Gordon Wales helps her get in, and a mild flirtation developes.
Gordon gets Marsha a job with wealthy William Marriott, who falls for her.
Marriott, though, is a racketeer with vengeful enemies.
When he is murdered, Gordon becomes a suspect, due to remarks by Marsha
that cause the authorities to think Gordon was jealous of Marriott over Marsha.
Gordon, however, has found himself truly attracted to Marsha's roommate, Noreen.
Noreen nobly enlists her smalltown sweetheart in Gordon's legal defense.
Summary written by Jim Beaver

Full Cast
Loretta Young .... Norene McMann
Lew Cody .... William (Jack) Marriott
John Wayne .... Gordon Wales
Joan Marsh .... Marcia Tallant
Joyce Compton .... Edna Best
Brooks Benedict .... Airport Lothario (uncredited)
George Beranger .... Andre (uncredited)
Ward Bond .... Airline Steward (uncredited)
Paul Fix .... Tony Halcomb (uncredited)
Willie Fung .... Chinese Headwaiter (uncredited)
Sherry Hall .... Reporter (uncredited)
Tenen Holtz .... Photographer (uncredited)
Hank Mann .... Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Conn.... Detective (uncredited)
Bert Roach .... Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan .... Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward .... Mrs. McGee (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Robert Hardy Andrews (story)
Bradley King

Cinematography
L. William O'Connell

The film miscast Duke as an architect.
He plays a gentlemen
who stands passively as a girl is abducted.
Duke hated the scene, and told the director
HE would have stopped the abduction.

The director Sidney Lansfield said
Duke, you're playing a gentleman
Duke questioned his definition of 'gentleman',
but played the part anyway.

Variety
thought Duke showed promise,
but panned the film.

The New York Times
reviewer best sums up the film
It is all rather silly


This quote from Arthur, in a previous thread, suggests this film, is forever lost!!

"In a couple of recent threads it has been suggested that Girls Demand Excitement
and Three Girls Lost may also be in this catagory."

falc04 also said,
"If there is, no one seems to know about it. This Columbia picture,
along with 'Three Girls Lost', are on the list of John Wayne films that appear lost forever."

It would be great, if any of our members, have seen this film,
and could add their comments

Well, this is what the UCLA Film and Television Archive had to say about this film. They claim to have an incomplete print of it in their library, however it is apparently not available for public viewing.


...: Three girls lost / Fox Film Corporation ; Wm. Fox presents
; Sidney Lanfield production ; associate producer, A.L.
Rockett ; story by Robert D. Andrews ; screen play and
dialogue, Bradley King.
United States : Fox Film Corporation, c1931.

Cast: With Loretta Young [Noreen, i.e. Norene, McMann], Lew Cody
[William, i.e., Jack, Marriott], John Wayne [Gordon
Wales], Joan Marsh [Marcia Tallant], Joyce Compton [Edna
Best]. [Paul Fix (Tony); Katherine Ward (Mrs. McGee);
Bert Roach].

Credits: Photography, L.W. O'Connell; sound recorder, Alfred
Bruzlin; settings, Jack Schulze; costumes, Sophie
Wachner; film editor, Ralph Dietrich.

...: Drama; feature.
Bracketed cast credits supplied from: Film Daily yearbook,
1932, and xerox of studio records supplied by AFI
cataloger.
Playing time on release was 71-72 min., according to: AFI
catalog, 1931-1940.
Exit music at end of last reel.
Copyright: Fox Film Corp.; 2Mar31; LP2084.
Passed by National Board of Review.

Summary: "At the Minneapolis airport, Norene McMann, who is tired of
living in the small town of Fremont, bids adieu to her
fiancé, Tony Halcomb, and boards a plane bound for
Chicago. On the plane, she meets Edna Best, who is from
a small town in Missouri, and in the big city, they
decide to room together with gold digger Marcia Tallant,
a fellow passenger who is from a small town in Oregon.
During their first night, Marcia, excited about being in
the big city, slips out the front door, but then cannot
get back in because the door is kept locked after ten.
Gordon Wales, an architect who lives next to the women,
lets Marcia in and, led on by her flirtation, kisses her
goodnight and invites her to breakfast. The next day,
Gordon takes Marcia to the lakefront penthouse apartment
that he is building for underworld figure Jack Marriott.
Marriott takes an interest in her and gets her a
high-paying job as a photographer's model. Meanwhile,
Edna has had no luck getting work, and Norene has found
a job in a meatpacking house. Two months later, Marcia
has become Gordon's fiancée, Edna has fallen in love,
and Norene has received a disappointingly unromantic
letter from Tony, who wants her to return to Fremont.
After Marcia asks Norene to tell Gordon that she cannot
keep a dinner date, Norene accompanies Gordon to a chop
suey joint, and they find that they like each other.
When the penthouse is completed, Marriott throws a
party, during which Gordon gets drunk because of the
attention Marcia pays to Marriott. Marcia, also drunk,
accepts Marriott's invitation to go for a ride to get
breakfast, despite the attempts of both Gordon and
Norene to dissuade her. Marriott and Marcia leave
together, and Gordon, prodded by Norene, follows in a
taxi. Two mobsters angry at Marriott also pursue him,
and when Marcia sees the mobsters following, Marriott
lets her off. Because she has left her purse in the car
with her money, she has to walk home. Gordon meets her
at the doorstep, and they argue when she says she has
been trying to help him get ahead by going out with
Marriott. She kisses Gordon, who is still angry, and
Norene, seeing them, becomes upset because she has
fallen for Gordon herself. Police then arrive and report
that Marriott has been shot through the head and that
Marcia's purse was found in his car. After Marcia
reveals that Gordon followed them, he is arrested. When
Marcia refuses Norene's entreaty that she put up money
to pay for a lawyer for Gordon, Norene sends a telegram
to Tony asking him to wire $300 immediately. Norene
visits Gordon in jail, and because she thinks that he
loves Marcia, she tells him that Marcia paid for the
lawyer. She also says she is leaving the next day to
return and marry Tony. Afraid that Norene is in trouble,
Tony comes to Chicago, but she confesses to him that she
loves Gordon. After Gordon is freed because the real
murderer is apprehended, Edna, whose love affair turned
out to be a dud, encourages Norene to fight for Gordon,
but because she believes that only Norene can make
Gordon happy, Norene plans to reconcile with Tony.
Gordon rebukes Marcia and goes to see Norene. As he
arrives at her apartment building, Norene hails the cab
he is in to go to Tony's hotel. Gordon pulls her inside,
and they embrace, to the amusement of the cab
driver"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940.

...: PRESERVATION HISTORY: Preserved at the UCLA Film and
Television Archive.
Rev. April 7, 2004, my.

Topics(s): Fortune hunters--Illinois--Chicago--Drama.

Genre(s)/form(s): Features.
UCLA preservation.

Credits heading(s):
3 girls lost.
Fox, William, 1879-1952. production
Lanfield, Sidney, 1898-1972. direction
Rockett, Al. production
Andrews, Robert D., 1903-1976. writing
King, Bradley, b. 1894. writing
O'Connell, L. William, 1890- camera
Bruzlin, Alfred. sound
Schulze, Jack. production design
Wachner, Sophie. production design
Dietrich, Ralph, 1902- editing
Young, Loretta, 1913-2000. cast
Cody, Lew, 1888-1934. cast
Wayne, John, 1907-1979. cast
Marsh, Joan, 1913- cast
Compton, Joyce, 1907- cast
Fix, Paul, 1901-1983. cast
Roach, Bert, 1891-1971. cast
Fox Film Corporation.

BBID (expression): 124400

Location: NON-CIRCULATING RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTER COPY

Inventory Number: VA2138 M

Collection: MP Motion Picture Collection

Format: 1 videocassette of 1 (VHS) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.

Condition: Incomplete.

Reproduction: Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Film and Television Archive,
1989. REPRODUCTION: Reproduced by UCLA Film and
Television Archive from 16 mm. safety print (M20581).
Reproduction for preservation purposes permitted by
Twentieth Century-Fox.

Notes: NOTES: Cataloging based on transcription done by AFI
cataloger. VA2138 M
MY1

HLDID (manifestation):
216960
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Location: Non-circulating Nitrate Vaults research copy

Inventory Number: M15054

Collection: MP Motion Picture Collection

Format: 6 reels of 7 (ca. 6000 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 35 mm. nitrate
print.

Condition: Incomplete: parts of r4 & 5 destroyed; remainder combined
as r4-5.

Notes: NOTES: Studio print. Copy added from inventory record
without viewing or inspection. LOCATION: G83-R19-26
MY2

HLDID (manifestation):
216963
______________________________

Location: Non-circulating Preservation Vault archival copy

Inventory Number: M16689

Collection: MP Motion Picture Collection

Format: 6 reels of ? (ca. 6000 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 35 mm. safety
prsv comp dupe neg.

Condition: Incomplete.

Reproduction: Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Film and Television Archive,
1988. REPRODUCTION: Reproduced by UCLA Film and
Television Archive from 35 mm. nitrate print (M15054).
Reproduction for preservation purposes permitted by
Twentieth Century-Fox.

Notes: ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Can 1=r1A; can 2=r1B; can
3=r2A; can 4=r2B and 3A; can 5=r3B; can 6=r4A. NOTES:
Copy added from inventory record without viewing or
inspection. XFE2338 -2343 M
MY2

HLDID (manifestation):
216964
______________________________

Location: Non-circulating Preservation Vault archival copy

Inventory Number: M16835

Collection: MP Motion Picture Collection

Format: 3 sound tape reels of ? : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2-trk., mono.
; 7 in. prsv mag trk master.

Reproduction: Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Film and Television Archive,
1988. REPRODUCTION: Reproduced by the UCLA Film and
Television Archive from 35 mm. nitrate print (M15054).
Reproduction for preservation purposes permitted by
Twentieth Century-Fox.

Notes: ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 1200 ft. reels. r1-r1-2;
r2=r3-5; r3=r6-7. NOTES: Copy added from inventory
record without viewing or inspection. XAF194 -196 M
MY2

HLDID (manifestation):
216965
______________________________

Location: Non-circulating SRLF archival copy

Inventory Number: M28232

Collection: MP Motion Picture Collection

Format: 1 reel of ? (r2) (ca. 400 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm.
safety print.

Condition: Incomplete.

Notes: NOTES: Copy added from inventory record without viewing or
inspection.
MY2

HLDID (manifestation):
216961
______________________________

Location: Non-circulating SRLF research copy

Inventory Number: M20581

Collection: MP Motion Picture Collection

Format: 2 reels of ? (ca. 3200 ft.) : opt sd., b&w ; 16 mm. safety
print.

Condition: Incomplete.

Reproduction: Los Angeles, Calif. : UCLA Film and Television Archive,
1988. REPRODUCTION: Reproduced by UCLA Film and
Television Archive from 35 mm. safety prsv comp dupe neg
(XFE2338 -2343 M). Reproduction for preservation
purposes permitted by Twentieth Century-Fox.

Notes: Projection only; no individual viewing.
NOTES: Copy added from inventory record without viewing or
inspection. A1-95-2
MY2

HLDID (manifestation):
216962

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UCLA Film and Television Archive

A photo of Duke and Loretta from the movie,

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This was the only Film that I remember that Lorretta and Duke were in Together ?
Chilibill

And The Year I was Born !
Bill

Hopefully there really is a master print in their archives and that one day the print will be copied so that we can see this early film of John Wayne with Loretta Young. I do not believe they were paired in any other films, but I could be off on that assertion. Even an incomplete copy of the film would be superior to no existing copy at all.

I have an ORIGINAL screen continuity and script from this movie. It is complete and the entire script is over 100 pages. I had a previous posting of copies of another original script that I own THE BIG TRAIL, it went so well, that I have decided to offer copies of this script as well. This script from 3 GIRLS LOST is even rarer, as there is no DVD or movie copies available. This is somewhat of a lost movie with parts of it missing. So the only way to really see the entire movie is through this script and continuity. If you are interested in a copy please email me at:
stagecoach50@sbcglobal.net
Thank You

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