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Escort Girl is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 4 november 1941 with Cyd Charisse
Escort Girl (1941)
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Add to a movie listEscort Girl is a 1941 American film directed by Edward E. Kaye; it is also known as Scarlet Virgin.
Synopsis
Ruth Ashley (Betty Compson) is a former escort girl who now owns the Hollywood Escort Bureau in Los Angeles together with Gregory Stone (Wheeler Oakman). Ruth is co-owner of the Café Martinique, a place where all the escorts go with their dates to watch striptease and be treated with champagne. The escort bureau is managed by a man named Breeze Nolan (Guy Kingsford) and provises customers with both male and female escorts.Actors
Cyd Charisse
(Flamenco Dancer (uncredited))
Betty Compson
(Ruth Ashley)
Margaret Alice Marquis
(June Ashley)
Robert Kellard
(Drake Hamilton (as Bob Kellard))
Wheeler Oakman
(Gregory Stone)
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