The Shopworn Angel

The Shopworn Angel is a 1938 American drama film directed by H. C. Potter and starring James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, and Walter Pidgeon. The MGM release featured the second screen pairing of Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart following their successful teaming in the Universal Pictures production Next Time We Love two years earlier.

After the United States enters World War I in 1917, the limousine carrying Daisy Heath Margaret Sullavan, a sophisticated Broadway musical theatre star, knocks down Bill Pettigrew James Stewart, a naive young soldier from Texas. A policeman orders the chauffeur to take Bill back to camp. During the ride, he becomes slightly acquainted with the cynical, but not coldhearted Daisy.Upon their arrive at the army camp, Bill lets his buddies assume that Daisy is the date he had lied about. In fact, he has no one. When they find out the truth, they decide to get even. On their next leave, they take Bill to Daisys show, so he can introduce them. However, Daisy pretends that she is Bills girl. As they spend more time together, she begins to warm to him, much to the increasing jealousy of her wealthy real boyfriend, Sam Bailey Walter Pidgeon, who is financing Daisys show. ........

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