Girl in the News [SEP] director
Girl in the News
Girl in the News is a 1940 British thriller film directed by Carol Reed and starring Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes and Emlyn Williams.
Plot.
When her elderly patient is poisoned, innocent nurse Anne Graham is charged with murder, but is controversially acquitted by lawyer Stephen Farringdon. With the press and public opinion against her, Anne finds it difficult to get another job. It doesn't help that her own lawyer is suspicious. Changing her name she finds employment nursing wheelchair bound Edward Bentley
You Drop,” "The New York Times", Sep. 20, 2001, https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE5DC133BF933A1575AC0A9679C8B63&scp=1&sq=alex%20shakar&st=cse (review)
- Kirkus Reviews, Oct. 1, 2001, http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/fiction/alex-shakar/the-savage-girl/ (review)
- Irene Lascher, “‘Savage’ Satire Blurs Lines of Popular Culture,” "Los Angeles Times", Dec. 14, 2001, http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/14/news/lv-shakar14, (feature)
- Martha Bayne, “Irony in the Crosshairs,” "Chicago Reader", Oct. 4, 2001, http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/irony-in-the-crosshairs/Content?oid=906629 (feature)