• Source: Slander House

      • Slander House is a 1938 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont. The film's producer was Ben Judell of Progressive Pictures, known for low-budget exploitation films with provocative titles; other films released by Progressive the same year included Rebellious Daughters and Delinquent Parents.


      Plot


      Helen Smith and Mazie Mason run a salon for wealthy women to keep their figures and bodies in shape. Helen is dating a doctor whose aunt is in high class society. Mazie is a more working-class girl and she dates a reporter, Terry Kent. The film shows the women exercising, getting rub downs and lined up in steam baths. The women gossip and some women learn their husbands are cheating on them. Comedy is added when one customer brings in her dog and another woman has a pet monkey.
      Mme. Helene is dating Dr. Stallings but after a long day, she calls off the date to go home and rest. At home she finds flowers and the hot shot and aggressive Pat Fenton waiting. He tells her the doctor is all wrong for her and asks does she really love Stallings. Pat takes her out on the town but ends up in a fist fight with his attorney. Helen flees the night club but the event makes the society news. Helen keeps rejecting Pat but is not sure if she and the doctor are the right fit.
      Mrs. George Horton is a customer of the salon. Her husband has made advances toward Helen and one day Helen and George are in a car accident together.
      Helen assures Mrs. Horton that nothing is going on and that her husband loves her. She stays for a treatment only to hear the women gossip. She tries to commit suicide by drinking hair dye poison. Dr. Stallings saves her life and she reconciles with her husband. The doctor and Helen decide to split and Helen finds love with Pat.


      Cast


      Adrienne Ames as Helen "Mme. Helene" Smith
      Craig Reynolds as Pat Fenton
      Esther Ralston as Ruth De Milo
      George Meeker as Dr. Herbert Stallings
      Pert Kelton as Mazie Mason
      William Newell as Terry Kent
      Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Horton
      Edward Keane as George Horton
      Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Conway
      Ruth Gillette as Mme. Renault
      Dot Farley as Mrs. Willis
      Bonita Weber as Mrs. Richards
      Blanche Payson as Hilda
      Mary Field as Bessie, an attendant
      Louise Squire as Olga
      Fay McKenzie as Anna
      Harry Depp as Higginbotham
      Robert Homans as The Irish Policeman


      References




      External links



      Slander House at IMDb
      Slander House at the TCM Movie Database
      Slander House is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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