Lost Angel

Director: Roy Rowland Roy Rowland

Overview

Margaret O'Brien, MGM's newest child sensation, was given her first starring vehicle with Lost Angel. O'Brien plays Alpha, who has been groomed to be a genius by a trio of well-meaning but misguided professors (Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill and Donald Meek). Taking pity on the reluctant prodigy, police reporter Mike Regan (James Craig) takes it upon himself to "deprogram" Alpha and transform her into a normal, healthy child. In an effort to inflate this B picture into "A" proportions by increasing the running time, the scriptwriters contrive a silly subplot involving a gang of Runyonesque gangsters (headed by the ineluctable Keenan Wynn). Margaret O'Brien's appeal may be elusive to modern viewers, but she was a proven audience favorite back in 1944.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/06/2013
UPC:	0883316793534
Original Release:	1944
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00
Sales rank:	43,938

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

James Craig	Mike Regan
Keenan Wynn	Packy
Margaret O'Brien	Alpha
Marsha Hunt	Katie Mallory
Philip Merivale	Prof. Peter Vincent
Alan Napier	Dr. Woodring
Henry O'Neill	Prof. Pringle
Sara Haden	Rhoda Kitterick
Donald Meek	Prof. Catty
Elisabeth Risdon	Mrs. Pringle,Mrs. Pringle
Kathleen Lockhart	Mrs. Catty
Walter Fenner	Prof. Endicott
Howard Freeman	Prof. Richards
Robert Blake	Jerry
Bobby Driscoll	Boy on Train
Jack Lambert	Lefty Moran
Naomi Childers	Matron
Kay Medford	Operator
Gloria Grafton	Operator
Edward McWade	Old Man
Russell Gleason	Reporter
William Bishop	Reporter
Lee Phelps	Reporter
Edward Hearn	Reporter
Mike Mazurki	Fighter
Allen Wood	Tough Kid
Ava Gardner	Hat Check Girl
Al Hill	Mug
Joe Yule	Tenant

Technical Credits

Roy Rowland	Director
Robert Sisk	Producer