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The Lady From Nowhere (1931)

• Director
  • Richard Thorpe
• Writers
  • Barney Gerard(story and scenario)
  • Adrian Johnson(story and scenario)
• Stars
  • Alice Day
  • John Holland
  • Phillips Smalley

  As was often the case in the films of Chesterfield Studios, the title The Lady From Nowhere has little relevance to the film itself. Alice Day and John Holland play a pair of young lovers who may or may not be crooks. Or, they may or may not be detectives. Whatever the case, hero and heroine team up to trap the villains responsible for a major crime (just what that crime is was never made clear in the film, nor in the "official" synopses). Silent-screen veterans Phillips Smalley and Barbara Bedford strive hard to make their roles worthwhile, while Mischa Auer, still several years removed from his fame as one of Hollywood's most delightful character comedians, is suitably menacing as a maniacal heavy.