Girls on Probation (1938)
Hilda, a troublemaker, convinces Connie to attend a party and lends her a dress she had taken from the cleaning company they both work at. When the dress gets damaged, the owner Jane and her boyfriend Neil find out and Connie gets blamed, fired, and charged for it. Neil, the prosecutor, has sympathy for Connie and drops the charges and loans her the money to repay for the dress. Connie moves to the city to start over and avoid the embarrassment, but ends up meeting Hilda and getting falsely arrested for bank robbery along with her and Tony. A helpful parole officer believes Connie's innocence and helps her get released on parole. She returns home, gets engaged to Neil and is doing well until Hilda threatens to ruin everything by revealing Connie's secret.
Books with substantial mentioning of Girls on Probation
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James Robert Parish Prison Pictures from Hollywood, Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991 |
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Tony Thomas The Films of Ronald Reagan Secaucus, NJ, 1980 |
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Eduardo Moreno The Films of Susan Haywood Secaucus, NJ, 1979 |
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Books with an entry on Girls on Probation
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Larry Langman and Daniel Finn A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties Westport, Connecticut - London, 1995 |