The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956) on Netflix
San Francisco police pressure Mamie Stover to leave town in 1941. She sails for Honolulu, where she meets the writer Jim Blair and takes a job at Bertha Parchman's dance hall.
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Plot summary
Mamie Stover leaves San Francisco in 1941 on a freighter bound for Honolulu, the only other passenger being Jim Blair, a writer who begins using her life for his material. A romance develops, and he offers to help her make something of herself within limits. When the ship docks, Jim is welcomed ashore by Annalee, his sweetheart. He lends Mamie a hundred dollars, and through her friend Jackie Davis she meets Bertha Parchman, who owns a dance hall and bar and hires her on four rules: live on the premises, keep no boyfriend, stay away from Waikiki Beach and the hotels, and hold no bank account. Harry Adkins, the manager, beats hostesses who break the rules.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
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- Marilyn Monroe was originally intended for the title role in The Revolt of Mamie Stover, but she was on strike with Fox over contract negotiations and turning down roles, so the part went to Jane Russell, confirmed in November 1955.
- An opening scene showing how Mamie Stover came to leave San Francisco was filmed but cut for censorship reasons; it had Stubby Kaye as Howard Sloan picking her up and police, one played by Hugh Beaumont, telling her to leave town.
- The novel describes Mamie Stover as a blonde resembling Lizabeth Scott, but producer Buddy Adler made Jane Russell a redhead instead, and Russell wore a long red wig while dyeing her short black hair and her eyebrows red.
- Gossip columnist Hedda Hopper reported that after Mamie Stover's success, Buddy Adler signed Raoul Walsh to three more pictures at 20th Century Fox and tried to buy one of Jane Russell's commitments from Howard Hughes to star her in a romantic musical.
- The Revolt of Mamie Stover was Joan Leslie's final film appearance before she retired from the screen, closing out her career in Hollywood.
