Victoria Silverwolf
Vegetarian Werewolf
Delinquent Daughters (1944)
Poverty Row exploitation crime film starts off with the news of a high school girl killing herself. As the local teens discuss the tragedy, we meet our film's Bad Girl, as well as a giggly, bubbly, airheaded girl who is really, really annoying. The film's Bad Boy robs businesses. On one such job, he drives wildly away, causing a hit-and-run accident. The boss of the nightclub where the teens hang out (we're told this is perfectly legal, although the place serves booze, as long as they have "chaperones" to watch them) helps him hide the car. By the way, the boss has a partner/girlfriend with a thick French accent (the actress is actually Canadian) who is just as interesting as the Bad Girl, although she doesn't do a lot. The boss goes with the Bad Boy on a big robbery job, which of course ends badly for all concerned. The print is in really bad condition, with several scenes so dark you can't tell what's going on at all, so I've probably messed up some of this synopsis. Anyway, the boss used a gun that some other boy stole from his dad and hocked to him for three dollars, which gives the cops the clue they need. The boss runs off with the Bad Girl, dumping the French woman, leading to our film's most exploitative element, a hair-pulling catfight between the two ladies. The boss also punches the French woman as if she were a man. Of course, Crime Does Not Pay, leading to a stock footage car crash. The Happy Ending sees the nightclub turned into a malt shop run by the teens, full of clean-cut jitterbuggers. Not a great movie.
Poverty Row exploitation crime film starts off with the news of a high school girl killing herself. As the local teens discuss the tragedy, we meet our film's Bad Girl, as well as a giggly, bubbly, airheaded girl who is really, really annoying. The film's Bad Boy robs businesses. On one such job, he drives wildly away, causing a hit-and-run accident. The boss of the nightclub where the teens hang out (we're told this is perfectly legal, although the place serves booze, as long as they have "chaperones" to watch them) helps him hide the car. By the way, the boss has a partner/girlfriend with a thick French accent (the actress is actually Canadian) who is just as interesting as the Bad Girl, although she doesn't do a lot. The boss goes with the Bad Boy on a big robbery job, which of course ends badly for all concerned. The print is in really bad condition, with several scenes so dark you can't tell what's going on at all, so I've probably messed up some of this synopsis. Anyway, the boss used a gun that some other boy stole from his dad and hocked to him for three dollars, which gives the cops the clue they need. The boss runs off with the Bad Girl, dumping the French woman, leading to our film's most exploitative element, a hair-pulling catfight between the two ladies. The boss also punches the French woman as if she were a man. Of course, Crime Does Not Pay, leading to a stock footage car crash. The Happy Ending sees the nightclub turned into a malt shop run by the teens, full of clean-cut jitterbuggers. Not a great movie.