Lilyan Tashman
Mrs. Jackie Millet
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The Road to Reno. A modern woman, whose youthful appearance leads people to believe she is her daughter's sister, divorced several times, is about to marry a man who is a fortune-hunter, against the wishes of her daughter and, especially, her outraged son.
- (61)
- Drama, Romance
- Richard Wallace
- 1931-09-26
The Road to Reno is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Wallace [citation needed] and starring Lilyan Tashman, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Peggy Shannon, and William "Stage" Boyd.
On the train, Lee meets Tom Wood, a young, earnest, working-class engineer who is headed to San Francisco for his first job. Tom and Lee fall in love, and he writes to her from San Francisco. Lee's life in Reno is one party after another, and both she and her mother attract the attention of Jerry Kenton, who is due to divorce his wife Elise.
- Richard Wallace
- Lilyan Tashman
Synopsis. After a final New York performance, opera singer Linda Halliday boards a train bound for Reno, where she intends to divorce her ranch owner husband, Steve Fortness, with whom she did not live because he protested her career.
- S. Sylvan Simon, Vernon Keays
- Randolph Scott
- Proof That It’S A Pre-Code Film
- Road to Reno: Something Old
- Other Reviews, Trivia, and Links
- Awards, Accolades & Availability
It’s set in Reno, the 1930s libidinal capital of the United States! There are divorces, marriages, remarriages, and not-so-discreet affairs. We even have a a lake’s bottom covered in discarded wedd...
I usually give Mordaunt Hall a lot of crap. The New York Times’ film critic of the early 1930s is often maddeningly dull with his film reviews (which are the easiest to access of the era) and usually doesn’t review but reports on the reaction of the audience with fevered attention. However, his review of today’s Road to Reno hits the nail on the he...
Early on in the film, there’s a gag that Tom calls a Pullman Porter ‘George’– and it turns out his name is George. Here’s Smithsonian Magazineto explain what’s going on:
This film is a rare one– I’m the 21st vote over on IMDB. You can find it online if you know where to look.
The Road to Reno (1931) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Manhattan socialite Jackie Millet (Lilyan Tashman) is Reno-bound for her 4th divorce (or 5th ...no one remembers), much to the chagrin of her husband Robert (Irving Pichel) and her teen-age son Jeff (Tom Douglas) who considers Robert the father he never had.
