The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)

Directors

Ralph Dawson

The story

In the grimy mill town of Pomfret Center, New York, orphaned teenager Gladys Cosgrove lives with her embittered uncle John Cosgrove, a drunken court reporter, in a bleak and decaying house. Working at the box office of the local Elysium Theatre, Gladys endures the daily humiliation of being mocked and harassed by the town's loafers, especially the leering speakeasy owner “Doc” Striker, his dimwitted crony Carlos, and swaggering playboy Sheik Smith. One evening, as their torment escalates, she is rescued by Terry Pomfret, a college student from the town's founding family, recently returned for summer vacation.

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