The Girl in Room 20 is a 1949 film directed by and starring Spencer Williams. The story features Daisy Mae Walker, an aspiring singer from a small town in Texas, who comes to New York City to pursue a show business career, only to fall prey to a sleazy nightclub owner. Thanks to the intervention of a kindly taxi driver, Daisy Mae is able to achieve her goals.“The Girl in Room 20,” Turner Classic Movies Archives The film is categorized as a race film.
The Girl in Room 20 was filmed in 1946, but did not receive theatrical distribution until 1949.“Within Our Gates” by Alan Gevinson, Google Books
A 2002 Chicago Tribune article describes the film as provocative.
Cast Geraldine Brock Spencer Williams July Jones
See also List of films in the public domain in the United States
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