A reporter hunts NYC's loneliest woman for the ultimate Christmas setup — what could go wrong?
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..
Acting
Jean Rogers brings surprising warmth to the 'lonely woman' premise.
Direction
Ricardo Cortez keeps 60 minutes tight and surprisingly modern.
Director
Ricardo Cortez
Michael Whalen
Barney Callahan
Jean Rogers
June White
Chick Chandler
Snapper Doolan
Douglas Fowley
Gus Brawley
John 'Dusty' King
Paul Randall
Jane Darwell
Aunt Mary Perkins
June Gale
Eunice
Spencer Charters
Uncle Ben Perkins
Theodore von Eltz
Whitey
Cliff Clark
Collins
Charles D. Brown
J.B. Douglas
Charles Lane
District Attorney
George Davis
Waiter (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ricardo Cortez was primarily known as a suave leading man in the 1920s-30s; directing B-pictures like this was his late-career pivot.
Released weeks before Christmas 1939, this capitalized on audience hunger for escapist warmth during the Great Depression's final brutal year.
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