Torch Singer
1933 · 71 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 838 VOTES · DIR. George Somnes, Alexander Hall
Overview
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, she searches for the child she gave up.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,075 lines
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00:02:00 $1.60, lady.
00:06:07 Have you got any cantaloupe?
00:09:20 She loves to take her bath. Yes.
00:12:17 So I slammed the door right in his nose.
00:15:54 Have you exhausted every possibility?
00:20:06 All right.
00:23:23 You can have me if you want me
00:26:38 Don't you want to come over?
00:28:48 Oh, goodie! I want to meet her.
00:31:54 and hear Aunt Jenny.
00:33:45 No, sir, Mr. Cummings. I wouldn't take the responsibility
00:36:27 Now, Mimi, be reasonable. You know that's impossible.
00:38:27 Well, he followed me right up to the studio.
00:41:22 My letters were returned. No such person known living there.
00:45:04 We want to stay! Yeah, we want to stay.
00:47:58 All right, Tony, a contract's a contract.
00:51:09 Give me liberty or love
00:54:01 So I took her back where we started, the charity ward
00:56:26 but she can't take bribes.
00:59:22 She's trying to make every effort to find her child.
01:02:16 I know some letters.
01:04:58 I want to wish a happy, happy birthday to a little girl named Sally
01:07:46 Aunt Jenny's coming to this house specially to see me.
01:11:00 Could I?
Cast & Characters
Claudette Colbert
Sally Trent, aka Mimi Benton
Ricardo Cortez
Tony Cummings
David Manners
Michael Gardner
Lyda Roberti
Dora Nichols
Baby LeRoy
Bobby, Dora's Baby at 1 Year
Charley Grapewin
Judson
Sam Godfrey
Harry, Radio Announcer
Florence Roberts
Mother Angelica
Virginia Hammond
Mrs. Judson
Mildred Washington
Carrie
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,075
Dialogue density15.1 lines / min
First line00:02:00
Final line01:11:00
Production Record
DirectorGeorge Somnes, Alexander Hall
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes838