Her Kind of Man

Nightclub singer Georgia King (Janis Paige) is dating gangster Steve Maddux (Zachary Scott). He gets into a dispute with another gambler who tries to rob him. He manages to shoot the guy dead. Newspaper reporter Don Corwin (Dane Clark) investigates the case and falls for Georgia.

This has some gambling, some fighting, some singing, some gangsterism, and a love triangle. None of the elements are that great. I'm not in love with any of these characters. Zachary Scott is the most compelling actor. At a certain point, it becomes a waiting game for the inevitable ending and it goes on a little too long.

Chanteuse Janis Paige loves rotten gambler Zachary Scott, and is loved by tough newspaper columnist Dane Clark.

Warner Brothers may have closed down its B division, but that doesn't mean they had lost the habit of making movies that sped along well-greased paths with the occasional obvious symbolism in the final shot to drive home the point of the story; in this case, it's "don't be a bad guy." Imagine that.

Depending on your mood, you can look on this as cheap and lazy, or a stripped-down retelling of classic themes. In this case, this starts out looking like one of those Warner Brothers movies that Raoul Walsh directed Cagney and Bogart in just before the War. Despite the credit order, it's about Scott, with Miss Paige actually getting to sing a couple of torch songs to a peppy beat. Again depending on your mood, you can look at the characters as simplistic, or driven by an overwhelming passion beyond good or evil. With George Tobias, Sheldon Leonard, Fay Emerson, and Harry Lewis.

Typical gangster drama involving a love triangle. All four leads do their best with a tired premise and deserved better. It is mostly an excuse to see lovely Janis Paige in glamorous gowns.

The back projection depicting Miami Beach was the worst EVER! LOL.

A good cast does its best with "Her Kind of Man," a 1946 Warner Brothers film directed by Frederick DeCordova. The film stars Zachary Scott, Janis Paige, Dane Clark, and Faye Emerson.

Scott plays Steve Maddox, a gambler who eventually opens his own nightclub with a gambling establishment in the back. His sister Ruby (Emerson) is married to another club owner, Joe (George Tobias).

Steve is in love with the beautiful Georgia (Paige), a singer. Dane Clark plays a reporter who is in love with her, too, and would love to get her out of Steve's clutches.

Pretty much by the book. The big interest for me was seeing the young Paige. Growing up, she was always the glamorous older woman. My father loved her. She was a gorgeous young woman, too.

Though a good singer, her voice was that of a belter, so she's dubbed here for a more lyrical sound. I was disappointed the whole song "Body and Soul" wasn't performed. It's one of my favorites.

Okay.

ZACHARY SCOTT is a nightclub owner, using his club as a front for a gambling joint. He has a singer girlfriend (JANIS PAIGE) who doesn't seem to care how involved he is with gangsters, no matter how selfish his motives are. As his loyal girlfriend, Janis Paige gives a completely lackluster and low-key performance, instead of the usual vivacious one she was capable of.

When the police raid his gambling joint, he accidentally shoots his sister (FAYE EMERSON) during the raid while taking a shot at her husband (GEORGE TOBIAS) who was trying to be a peacemaker. Scott has to go into hiding once he escapes the clutches of the police and even then his girlfriend stands by her man. In true form, he gets his comeuppance before the final shootout. DANE CLARK is a reporter with an ambiguous friendship with the heel.

Typical Warner Bros. melodrama lacks the punch it needs to make it more than average as entertainment.

Never rises above its routine script despite some terse dialog amid dangerous situations.