Four Girls in Town

Four Girls in Town
Four Girls in Town
	Fredrick Y. Smith
Music by	Alex North
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	January 16, 1957 (New York City);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1 million (US)

Four Girls in Town is a 1957 American

drama film, directed by Jack Sher, about four girls trying to be movie stars.^[2]

Plot

When the leading lady drops out of a new film to be shot in New Orleans, studio head James Manning seeks an unknown actress to be his new star. He finds four leading candidates and employs aspiring director Mike Snowden to conduct their screen tests.

The young women come from all walks of life. Kathy Conway is a

Vienna

, where she was recently widowed. Vicki Dauray comes from Paris, where she leaves behind a husband and child. Maria Antonelli is a beauty from Italy whose talent is mainly in alluring men.

Kathy takes a personal interest in Mike, but is disappointed when he leaves a party with Ina instead. Handsome actor Tom Grant is interested in Vicki and publicist Ted Larabee promotes her, neither aware that she is a married woman. Ina is introduced to Mike's moody composer friend Johnny Pryor, while Maria is seduced by Spencer Farrington, Jr., a playboy

hotelier

.

Kathy's mother turns up and expects everyone to recognize her daughter as a future star. Kathy fails her screen test, but realizes Mike wants to pursue a personal relationship with her. The original actress changes her mind and takes back the film role, but the studio offers Ina and Maria movie contracts, and marriage contracts with their new suitors. Vicki is not disappointed, realizing that her family comes first.

Cast

George Nader as Mike Snowden
Julie Adams as Kathy Conway
Marianne Cook (Marianne Koch) as Ina Schiller
Elsa Martinelli as Maria Antonelli
Gia Scala as Vicki Dauray
Sydney Chaplin as Johnny Pryor
Grant Williams as Spencer Farrington, Jr.
John Gavin as Tom Grant
Herbert Anderson as Ted Larabee
Hy Averback as Bob Trapp
Ainslie Pryor as James Manning
Judson Pratt as William Purdy

References

^ "Top Grosses of 1957". Variety. January 8, 1958. p. 30.
^ Scheuer, Philip K. (Mar 14, 1957). "Curtis' 'Mister Cory' Crashes High Society". Los Angeles Times. p. C12.