Good Time Girl


GoodTime Girl is a 1948 British drama film directed by David MacDonald. The film was based on Arthur La Berns novel Night Darkens the Street.

Gwen Rawlings was a teenage girl who continually fell into the wrong crowd. Gwens first troubles began with her employer who caught her borrowing a brooch from his pawnshop. Though Gwen had only borrowed it to use for a dance and had every intention of returning it, she was fired. When she arrived home and informed her father, he beat her. The next day Gwen packed her things and moved into a boarding house. There, she met Jimmy, a sharpdressed man who immediately took a liking to her.Jimmy found her a job at the Blue Angel Nightclub where she was employed as a hatcheck girl. While working, she met Red, a bandmember for the club who felt the need to look after her wellbeing. Jimmy attempted to pursue Gwen but was rejected. He grew extremely angry towards the growing relationship between Red and Gwen and later beat her. Max Vine, his employer at the club, discovered Jimmys crime and fired him. Angry at Gwen, who he felt had lost him his job, Jimmy began to plot to set her up. He stole their landladys jewellery and told Gwen to pawn it for him. Believing that the jewelry belonged to his mother, Gwen followed his instructions. Later, after learning that Max had been attacked by a gang, Gwen implored Red to allow her to stay the night at his place. Red permitted her a nights stay but insisted that she leave the following day as it was unsuitable for a young girl to live with him. ........

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