SENSATION HUNTERS (1933) Arline Judge, Preston Foster & Marion Burns | Drama | B&W

Sensation Hunters is a 1933 American pre-Code B movie directed by Charles Vidor, starring Arline Judge, Preston Foster and Marion Burns, and released by Monogram Pictures. The film briefly features Walter Brennan as a stuttering waiter.

SYNOPSIS
Dale Jordon is on her way to Panama with Trixie Snell and Her Hotcha Girls to be a cabaret singer at the Bull Ring Cafe. Traveling by ship, Dale meets and falls in love with Tom Baylor, who owns copper interests near Panama. Baylor is concerned about Dale and they quarrel after he asks her to promise not to start drinking. Baylor sends Dale a bracelet with a note saying that they should part. After three months, Dale, who is rooming with friend and fellow singer Jerry Royal, is tired and frustrated with her job. She attracts the attention of a wealthy flier, Jimmy Crosby, who wants a more permanent relationship, but Dale is still in love with Baylor and refuses. After a fight with Trixie, Dale asks Crosby to take her away and promises to marry him. Crosby agrees and Dale spends her savings on a hotel room and clothes. Baylor returns to Panama and, meeting Dale in the hotel lobby, assumes that she is Crosby's mistress. Dale, angered by his assumption, pretends it is true and Baylor leaves for San Francisco. Before they can leave for New York, Crosby makes a last test run. His wife has refused to give him a divorce to marry Dale, and, distraught, he commits suicide in a plane crash. Trixie refuses to give Dale her old job back and also fires Jerry when she tries to intercede. The girls go to work in a seedy saloon to earn enough money for passage home. They almost have enough when Jerry is stabbed in a bar fight. Dale spends all their money for Jerry's medical expenses but still desperately short, prepares to become a prostitute; instead, Baylor arrives, summoned by a telegram from Jerry, and he and Dale reconcile.

CAST & CREW
Arline Judge as Jerry Royal
Preston Foster as Tom Baylor
Marion Burns as Dale Jordan
Kenneth MacKenna as Jimmy Crosby
Juanita Hansen as Trixie Snell
Creighton Hale as Fred Barrett
Cyril Chadwick as Upson
Nella Walker as Mrs. Grayson
Walter Brennan as Stuttering Waiter

Directed by Charles Vidor
Written by Whitman Chambers (story "Cabaret"), Albert DeMond (dialogue), Paul Schofield (adaptation)
Produced by Trem Carr (producer), Robert E. Welsh (supervising producer)
Cinematography Sidney Hickox
Edited by Carl Pierson
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date August 30, 1933
Running time 73 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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