The Red-Haired Alibi is an American pre-Code feature-length film produced by Tower Productions. The film was produced by Sigmund Neufeld . The title is often written as Red-Haired Alibi .
6-431: Released on October 15, 1932, it was directed by Christy Cabanne . The movie was based on a novel of the same name written by Wilson Collison . It is the first feature-length film to feature child actress Shirley Temple in the credits. A young woman, Lynn Monith (Merna Kennedy), comes to Manhattan and is employed by pleasant and charming Trent Travers (Theodore von Eltz) as a companion. She learns over time that Travers
12-725: A film director and one of the more prolific directors of his time. He signed with the Fine Arts Film Company and was employed as an assistant to D.W. Griffith . Miriam Cooper credited him with discovering her as an extra in 1912. Cabanne directed child actress Shirley Temple in The Red-Haired Alibi (1932), her first credited role in a feature movie. Cabanne earned a reputation for efficiency, capable of making feature films very quickly, often on rugged locations. Like fellow silent-era directors William Beaudine , Elmer Clifton , Harry Fraser , and Lambert Hillyer . Cabanne
18-473: A large sum so he can leave the country. The next night, Lynn meets Travers at a restaurant, as they had arranged—but she refuses to pay, fires a gun at him, and flees. Travers is found shot to death soon after. A waiter overheard part of their conversation, and informs the police. The police confront Lynn at her home in White Plains. Lynn confesses and hands over her gun. However, the bullet which killed Travers
24-523: Is a gangster. After his crimes escalate to murder, police urge her to leave him in order to protect herself. She builds a new life in White Plains and marries Bob Shelton (Grant Withers), a widower with a four-year-old daughter, Gloria (Shirley Temple). However, one night, Lynn drops off Bob at Grand Central Station in Manhattan, and is spotted by Travers, who threatens to reveal her past unless she gives him
30-526: Was fired from a gun of a different caliber! The police realize that Lynn is innocent. This 1930s drama film-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Christy Cabanne William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter , and silent film actor. Born in 1888, Cabanne (pronounced CAB-a-nay) started his career on stage as an actor and director. He appeared on-screen in dozens of short films from 1911 to 1915. He became
36-568: Was resourceful, and he worked for both major and minor studios through the 1930s and 1940s. By the 1940s, Cabanne was usually given low-budget action fare at Universal Pictures , and he finished his career making lower-budget westerns for Monogram Pictures . Christy Cabanne married, in December 1912, in New York City, Vivien M. Lyle Montrose. They had children, including Virginia Montrose Cabanne, Julia Gooden Cabanne, and Vivien. After William Cabanne
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