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• THE GAY FALN
• THE GAY FALN (1941)
• THE GAY FALN - FULL CAST & CREW
• AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993 MOVIE TLE MOVIE TLE SEARCH FOR PEOPLE MOVI BY DIRECTOR MOVI BY PRODUCER MOVI BY CAST MOVI BY RELEASE YEAR MOVI BY PRODUCTN COMPANY MOVI BY GENRE MOVI BY SUBJECT ALL $("")(); $(DOCUMENT)(FUNCTN () { // BUGGER; VAR EDBTN = $("#EDMOVIEBTN"); ("HREF", "/DATACAPTURE/SELECTPROJECT/26713"); VAR ANCHORS = DOCUMENT.QUERYSELECTORALL('A[HREF*="SEARCH"]'); (ANCHORS, FUNCTN (ELEMENT, X) { VAR HREF = ; = HREF.REPLACE(/, +$/, ''); = HREF.REPLACE('%20%26%20', ' %26AMP '); }); VAR RELEASEYEAR = 1941; = 'AFI|CATALOG - ' + $('')('THE GAY FALN')(); IF ( $(".VIEWIN IMG")("SRC") == "/CONTENT/IMAG/"){ $(".VIEWIN").ADDCLASS("RED-TOOLTIP"); $(".VIEWIN")("DATA-TOGGLE","TOOLTIP")("DATA-PLACEMENT","BOTTOM"); $(".VIEWIN").TOOLTIP({ TLE: 'THIS FILM WAS PARTIALLY VIEWED BY AFI FOR THE SYNOPSIS AND CREDS' }); } IF ( $(".VIEWIN IMG")("SRC") == "/CONTENT/IMAG/"){ $(".VIEWIN").ADDCLASS("RED-TOOLTIP"); $(".VIEWIN")("DATA-TOGGLE","TOOLTIP")("DATA-PLACEMENT","BOTTOM"); 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} ELSE { ('').REMOVECLASS('IS-END'); } } $('#TAB-MENU #PRTNAV A')(FUNCTN (){ VAR HREF = $('#PRTNAV A')('HREF'); = HREF; //$(HREF)( 'TARGET', '_BLANK' ); }); }); THE GAY FALN (1941) 66-67 MS | DRAMA | 24 OCTOBER 1941 CAST: GEE SANRS, WENDY BARRIE, ALLEN JENKS [ MORE ] DIRECTOR: IRVG REIS WRERS: LYNN ROOT, FRANK FENTON PRODUCER: HOWARD BENEDICT CEMATOGRAPHER: NICHOLAS MURA EDOR: GEE CRONE PRODUCTN DIGNER: VAN NT POLGLASE PRODUCTN COMPANY: RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. HISTORY DETAILS CREDITS SYNOPSIS GENRE PRT DETAILS FULL PAGE VIEW HISTORY MICHAEL ARLEN'S SHORT STORY WAS ALSO PUBLISHED 1946 A LLECTN OF STORI EDED BY ELLERY QUEEN TLED TO THE QUEEN'S TASTE. ALTHOUGH A SIGN ON "GAY'S" OFFICE DOOR SPELLS HIS LAST NAME "LRENCE," REVIEWS AND SUBSEQUENT PICTUR SPELL HIS NAME "LAWRENCE." A HR PRODUCTN CHART PLAC FLORENCE BAT THE ST, BUT SHE WAS NOT THE RELEASED FILM. ACRDG TO A FEB 1941 NEWS EM HR, AFTER RKO CID TO FILM S "SAT" SERI LONDON WH AN ALL-NEW ST, THE STUD BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR A NEW MYSTERY CHARACTER TO SHOWSE FORMER "SAT" STAR GEE SANRS, WHO WAS ON LOAN TO RKO OM TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX. IN MAR 1941, THE STUD BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO MICHAEL ARLEN'S STORY "THE GAY FALN" AND ASSIGNED LYNN ROOT AND FRANK FENTON TO WORK ON THE SCRIPT. MORN SOURC ADD THAT AFTER THE PICTURE WAS RELEASED, LLIE CHARTERIS, THE CREATOR OF THE SAT, SUED RKO ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE FALN WAS THE SAT DISGUISE. THE FAL DISPOSN OF THE SU HAS NOT BEEN DISVERED. WENDY BARRIE AND GEE SANRS ALSO APPEARED TOGETHER THE 1939 RKO FILM THE SAT STRIK BACK AND THE 1940 FILM THE SAT TAK OVER.       THE GAY FALN WAS THE FIRST OF THIRTEEN FILMS BASED ON THE CHARACTER CREATED BY ARLEN AND PRODUCED BY RKO. THE FIRST FOUR FILMS STARRED SANRS AS GAY LAWRENCE AND THE BALANCE FEATURED TOM CONWAY, SANRS' REAL-LIFE BROTHER, AS "TOM LAWRENCE," BROTHER OF GAY. SEVEN OF THE FILMS FEATURED EHER ALLEN JENKS, CLIFF EDWARDS OR EDWARD S. BROPHY THE ROLE OF THE FALN'S ... MORE LS MICHAEL ARLEN'S SHORT STORY WAS ALSO PUBLISHED 1946 A LLECTN OF STORI EDED BY ELLERY QUEEN TLED TO THE QUEEN'S TASTE. ALTHOUGH A SIGN ON "GAY'S" OFFICE DOOR SPELLS HIS LAST NAME "LRENCE," REVIEWS AND SUBSEQUENT PICTUR SPELL HIS NAME "LAWRENCE." A HR PRODUCTN CHART PLAC FLORENCE BAT THE ST, BUT SHE WAS NOT THE RELEASED FILM. ACRDG TO A FEB 1941 NEWS EM HR, AFTER RKO CID TO FILM S "SAT" SERI LONDON WH AN ALL-NEW ST, THE STUD BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR A NEW MYSTERY CHARACTER TO SHOWSE FORMER "SAT" STAR GEE SANRS, WHO WAS ON LOAN TO RKO OM TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX. IN MAR 1941, THE STUD BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO MICHAEL ARLEN'S STORY "THE GAY FALN" AND ASSIGNED LYNN ROOT AND FRANK FENTON TO WORK ON THE SCRIPT. MORN SOURC ADD THAT AFTER THE PICTURE WAS RELEASED, LLIE CHARTERIS, THE CREATOR OF THE SAT, SUED RKO ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE FALN WAS THE SAT DISGUISE. THE FAL DISPOSN OF THE SU HAS NOT BEEN DISVERED. WENDY BARRIE AND GEE SANRS ALSO APPEARED TOGETHER THE 1939 RKO FILM THE SAT STRIK BACK AND THE 1940 FILM THE SAT TAK OVER.       THE GAY FALN WAS THE FIRST OF THIRTEEN FILMS BASED ON THE CHARACTER CREATED BY ARLEN AND PRODUCED BY RKO. THE FIRST FOUR FILMS STARRED SANRS AS GAY LAWRENCE AND THE BALANCE FEATURED TOM CONWAY, SANRS' REAL-LIFE BROTHER, AS "TOM LAWRENCE," BROTHER OF GAY. SEVEN OF THE FILMS FEATURED EHER ALLEN JENKS, CLIFF EDWARDS OR EDWARD S. BROPHY THE ROLE OF THE FALN'S SIKICK, GOLDY (OR GOLDIE) LOCKE. AFTER A LAPSE OF TWO YEARS, THE PENNT PRODUCTN PANY FALN PRODUCTNS, INC. BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO "THE FALN" AND TURNED OUT THREE FILMS OM 1948 TO 1949 STARRG JOHN CALVERT THE LEAD. FROM 1954 TO 1955, CHARL MCGRAW PORTRAYED MIKE WARG, THE FALN THIRTY-NE SYNDITED TELEVISN EPISOS ENTLED ADVENTUR OF THE FALN. FOR ADDNAL RMATN ABOUT THE SERI, NSULT THE SERI INX. LS SOURCE CITATIONS SOURCE DATE PAGE BOX OFFICE 20 SEP 1941 --- DAILY VARIETY 16 SEP 1941 --- FILM DAILY 16 SEP 1941 P. 4 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 7 FEB 1941 P. 2 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 19 MAR 1941 P. 1 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 2 MAY 1941 P. 15 MOTN PICTURE HERALD PRODUCT DIGT 23 AUG 1941 P. 218 MOTN PICTURE HERALD PRODUCT DIGT 20 SEP 1941 P. 276 VARIETY 17 SEP 1941 P. 22 CAST NAME CREDITED AS CREDIT GEE SANRS GAY LAWRENCE, ALSO KNOWN AS "THE FALN" WENDY BARRIE HELEN REED ALLEN JENKS JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE ANNE HUNTER ELOR BENFORD GLADYS COOPER MAXE WOOD EDWARD BROPHY OFFICER BAT ARTHUR SHIELDS INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK DAMIAN O'FLYNN NOEL WEBER TURHAN BEY MANUEL RETANA EDDIE DUNN GRIM + &M; NAME CREDITED AS CREDIT GEE SANRS GAY LAWRENCE, ALSO KNOWN AS "THE FALN" WENDY BARRIE HELEN REED ALLEN JENKS JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE ANNE HUNTER ELOR BENFORD GLADYS COOPER MAXE WOOD EDWARD BROPHY OFFICER BAT ARTHUR SHIELDS INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK DAMIAN O'FLYNN NOEL WEBER TURHAN BEY MANUEL RETANA EDDIE DUNN GRIM LUCILE GLEASON MRS. GARDER WILLIE FUNG JERRY HANS CONRIED HERMAN JIMMY CONL BARTENR WALTER SORLG MUE ATTENDANT ROBERT SMH POLICE OFFICER AT MUE FRANK O'CONNOR POLICE OFFICER HALLWAY JAM BLAE POLICE OFFICER BOBBY BARBER WAER PL NORBY CIGAR CLERK MICKEY PHILLIPS NEWBOY LEW KELLY JAILOR POLLY BAILEY LANDLADY JOEY RAY ORCHTRA LEAR LEE BONNELL VIRGIA VALE + &M; PRODUCTION CREDITS NAME PARENT COMPANY PRODUCTION COMPANY RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. DISTRIBUTION COMPANY RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. NAME CREDITED AS CREDIT DIRECTORS IRVG REIS DIR CLEM BECHAMP ASST DIR PRODUCER HOWARD BENEDICT PROD WRITERS LYNN ROOT SCR FRANK FENTON SCR PHOTOGRAPHY NICHOLAS MURA DIR OF PHOTOG ART DIRECTORS VAN NT POLGLASE ART DIR CARROLL CLARK ART DIR ASSOC FILM EDITOR GEE CRONE ED COSTUMES RENIE GOWNS MUSIC PL SAWTELL M SRE SOUND RICHARD VAN HSEN REC SOURCES LITERARY BASED ON THE SHORT STORY "THE GAY FALN" BY MICHAEL ARLEN TOWN AND COUNTRY (MAY 1940). LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR MICHAEL ARLEN DETAILS SERI: THE FALN RELEASE DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1941 COPYRIGHT INFO CLAIMANT DATE COPYRIGHT NUMBER RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. 14 OCTOBER 1941 LP10760 PHYSIL PROPERTI: SOUND RCA SOUND SYSTEM BLACK AND WHE DURATN( MS): 66-67 LENGTH( FEET): 5,997 COUNTRY: UNED STAT LANGUAGE: ENGLISH PCA NO: 7362 PASSED BY NBR: Y SYNOPSIS GAY LAWRENCE, THE BONAIR SLTH KNOWN AS "THE FALN," FORAK HIS CRIME-SOLVG AND SKIRT-CHASG EFFORTS FOR THE SAKE OF HIS FIANCéE, ELOR BENFORD. TO PLEASE ELOR, GAY AND HIS ASSISTANT, JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE, OPEN A BROKERAGE OFFICE ON WALL STREET, BUT AFTER ONE DAY ON THE JOB, GAY IS READY FOR RETIREMENT. HE RETURNS HOME OM THE OFFICE TO FD HELEN REED, SECRETARY TO SOCIALE MAXE WOOD, WAG TO SEE HIM. ON BEHALF OF HER BOSS, HELEN ASKS GAY TO ATTEND A CHARY BALL THAT NIGHT TO PROTECT A DIAMOND OWNED BY MRS. GARDER, ONE OF THE GUTS. UNABLE TO RIST, GAY ACPANI ELOR TO THE BALL, WHERE HE DANC WH MRS. GARDER, WHO SLIPS HIM THE DIAMOND. MRS. GARDER'S ACT PUZZL GAY, BUT BEFORE HE N QUTN HER, A SHOT RGS OUT AND SHE FALLS TO THE FLOOR, AD. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVE AT THE PARTY, OFFICER BAT ARRTS GOLDY, WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON THE ROOM DURG THE TIME OF THE SHOOTG, AS A MATERIAL WNS. GAY FOLLOWS GOLDY TO THE POLICE STATN, WHERE HE NVC INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK TO EE GOLDY AS BA TO TRAP THE KILLER. HELEN MEETS THEM AT THE POLICE STATN, AND GAY LEAV GOLDY A PBALL PARLOR WHILE HE AND HELEN GO TO QUTN MAXE. WHILE GAY TELLS MAXE THAT HE SPECTS THAT MRS. GARDER WAS VOLVED WH A GANG OF JEWEL THIEV LED BY MANUEL RETANA, A GUT AT THE BALL, GOLDY IS ABDUCTED BY NOEL WEBER, WHO ORRS HIM TO PHONE GAY AND MAND THAT HE TURN OVER THE DIAMOND. AS GOLDY DIALS, WEBER IS FELLED BY A GUNSHOT ... MORE LS GAY LAWRENCE, THE BONAIR SLTH KNOWN AS "THE FALN," FORAK HIS CRIME-SOLVG AND SKIRT-CHASG EFFORTS FOR THE SAKE OF HIS FIANCéE, ELOR BENFORD. TO PLEASE ELOR, GAY AND HIS ASSISTANT, JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE, OPEN A BROKERAGE OFFICE ON WALL STREET, BUT AFTER ONE DAY ON THE JOB, GAY IS READY FOR RETIREMENT. HE RETURNS HOME OM THE OFFICE TO FD HELEN REED, SECRETARY TO SOCIALE MAXE WOOD, WAG TO SEE HIM. ON BEHALF OF HER BOSS, HELEN ASKS GAY TO ATTEND A CHARY BALL THAT NIGHT TO PROTECT A DIAMOND OWNED BY MRS. GARDER, ONE OF THE GUTS. UNABLE TO RIST, GAY ACPANI ELOR TO THE BALL, WHERE HE DANC WH MRS. GARDER, WHO SLIPS HIM THE DIAMOND. MRS. GARDER'S ACT PUZZL GAY, BUT BEFORE HE N QUTN HER, A SHOT RGS OUT AND SHE FALLS TO THE FLOOR, AD. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVE AT THE PARTY, OFFICER BAT ARRTS GOLDY, WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON THE ROOM DURG THE TIME OF THE SHOOTG, AS A MATERIAL WNS. GAY FOLLOWS GOLDY TO THE POLICE STATN, WHERE HE NVC INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK TO EE GOLDY AS BA TO TRAP THE KILLER. HELEN MEETS THEM AT THE POLICE STATN, AND GAY LEAV GOLDY A PBALL PARLOR WHILE HE AND HELEN GO TO QUTN MAXE. WHILE GAY TELLS MAXE THAT HE SPECTS THAT MRS. GARDER WAS VOLVED WH A GANG OF JEWEL THIEV LED BY MANUEL RETANA, A GUT AT THE BALL, GOLDY IS ABDUCTED BY NOEL WEBER, WHO ORRS HIM TO PHONE GAY AND MAND THAT HE TURN OVER THE DIAMOND. AS GOLDY DIALS, WEBER IS FELLED BY A GUNSHOT AND GOLDY IS AGA ARRTED FOR MURR. MEANWHILE, GAY SH HOME, WHERE BAT TELLS HIM THAT GOLDY IS BEG HELD FOR MURR AND MIKE WANTS TO SEE HIM AT HEADQUARTERS. GAY GIV BAT THE SLIP, HOWEVER, AND THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DISGUISED AS A TRAMP, HE TRI TO APOLOGIZE TO ELOR, WHO IS FUR BEE HE LEFT WH HELEN. ELOR ICILY RMS GAY THAT SHE HAS A DATE WH RETANA LATER THAT NIGHT AND NEVER WANTS TO SEE HIM AGA. STILL SPIC OF RETANA, GAY AND HELEN BREAK TO HIS APARTMENT, AND WHEN HE RETURNS DURG THE MIDDLE OF THEIR SEARCH, THEY HI ON THE PAT AND WATCH AS HE CHECKS BEHD A WALL PANEL. AFTER RETANA LEAV, GAY REACH BEHD THE PANEL AND FDS THE GUN THAT KILLED WEBER. GAY THEN GO TO THE MUE, WHERE HE EXAM WEBER'S BODY AND REGNIZ HIM AS THE MAN PICTURED WH RETANA A PHOTOGRAPH HE FOUND RETANA'S APARTMENT. MEANWHILE, AS THE POLICE TERROGATE GOLDY, HELEN BURSTS AND NFS TO WEBER'S MURR AND PRENTS THEM WH RETANA'S GUN. WHEN THE GUN IS INTIFIED AS THE MURR WEAPON, HELEN TELLS THEM ABOUT RETANA AND SENDS THEM TO A CLUB WHERE HE IS DG WH ELOR. GAY PHON ELOR AT THE CLUB TO TELL HER TO LEAVE BEFORE THE POLICE ARRIVE, BUT SHE THKS THAT GAY IS TRYG TO AME RETANA OUT OF JEALOY AND WARNS HIM STEAD. WHEN GAY RETURNS HOME, HE FDS AN ARMED RETANA MANDG THE DIAMOND, BUT HE IS IGHTENED OFF WHEN HELEN UNEXPECTEDLY APPEARS AT THE DOOR. MEANWHILE, BAT HAS ARRTED ELOR AT THE CLUB, AND WHEN SHE LLS GAY OM THE POLICE STATN, HE STCTS MIKE TO MEET HIM AT MAXE WOOD'S APARTMENT. THERE, MAXE TELLS GAY THAT HER LIFE HAS BEEN THREATENED, PROMPTG GAY AND MIKE TO PROMISE TO STAY THE NIGHT TO PROTECT HER. MAXE THEN RETIR FOR THE EVENG, AND GAY AND MIKE LISTEN AT HER BEDROOM DOOR AS RETANA SNEAKS THROUGH THE WDOW AND THREATENS HER. MIKE AND GAY CHARGE TO THE ROOM, BUT BEFORE THEY N PTURE RETANA, HE FALLS AD, A HYPORMIC NEEDLE AT HIS SI. MIKE ASSUM THAT RETANA MTED SUICI, BUT GAY DISAGRE AND CLAR THAT MAXE KILLED RETANA. HE THEN EXPLAS THAT MAXE WAS MARRIED TO WEBER WHO, WH RETANA, PRISED THE JEWEL THEFT RG. WHEN SHE AND WEBER TRIED TO DOUBLE-CROSS RETANA, HE KILLED WEBER AND WAS ABOUT TO DO THE SAME TO MAXE WHEN SHE STABBED HIM WH THE HYPORMIC. GAY NTU THAT WEBER'S KNOWLEDGE THAT GOLDY WAS AT THE PBALL PARLOR TIPPED HIM THAT MAXE WAS VOLVED THE RG. THEY ALL THEN RETURN TO THE POLICE STATN, AND ELOR IS ABOUT TO FIVE GAY WHEN AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN ARRIV AND ASKS HIM FOR HIS HELP SOLVG A CRIME. 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THE GAY FALN

Based on the short story "The Gay Faln" by Michael Arlen Town and Country (May 1940). Gay Lawrence, the bonair slth known as "The Faln, " forak his crime-solvg and skirt-chasg efforts for the sake of his fiancée, Elor Benford.

To please Elor, Gay and his assistant, Jonathan "Goldy" Locke, open a brokerage office on Wall Street, but after one day on the job, Gay is ready for retirement. On behalf of her boss, Helen asks Gay to attend a chary ball that night to protect a diamond owned by Mrs.

Unable to rist, Gay acpani Elor to the ball, where he danc wh Mrs. Garder's act puzzl Gay, but before he n qutn her, a shot rgs out and she falls to the floor, ad.

THE GAY FALN (1941)

Gay follows Goldy to the police statn, where he nvc Inspector Mike Walck to ee Goldy as ba to trap the killer. Helen meets them at the police statn, and Gay leav Goldy a pball parlor while he and Helen go to qutn Maxe.

While Gay tells Maxe that he spects that Mrs. Garder was volved wh a gang of jewel thiev led by Manuel Retana, a gut at the ball, Goldy is abducted by Noel Weber, who orrs him to phone Gay and mand that he turn over the diamond.

Meanwhile, Gay sh home, where Bat tells him that Goldy is beg held for murr and Mike wants to see him at headquarters. Gay giv Bat the slip, however, and the next day, while disguised as a tramp, he tri to apologize to Elor, who is fur bee he left wh Helen. Elor icily rms Gay that she has a date wh Retana later that night and never wants to see him aga.

THE GAY FALN - FULL CAST & CREW

Still spic of Retana, Gay and Helen break to his apartment, and when he returns durg the middle of their search, they hi on the pat and watch as he checks behd a wall panel. After Retana leav, Gay reach behd the panel and fds the gun that killed Weber. Gay then go to the mue, where he exam Weber's body and regniz him as the man pictured wh Retana a photograph he found Retana's apartment.

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} ELSE { ('').REMOVECLASS('IS-END'); } } $('#TAB-MENU #PRTNAV A')(FUNCTN (){ VAR HREF = $('#PRTNAV A')('HREF'); = HREF; //$(HREF)( 'TARGET', '_BLANK' ); }); }); THE GAY FALN (1941) 66-67 MS | DRAMA | 24 OCTOBER 1941 CAST: GEE SANRS, WENDY BARRIE, ALLEN JENKS [ MORE ] DIRECTOR: IRVG REIS WRERS: LYNN ROOT, FRANK FENTON PRODUCER: HOWARD BENEDICT CEMATOGRAPHER: NICHOLAS MURA EDOR: GEE CRONE PRODUCTN DIGNER: VAN NT POLGLASE PRODUCTN COMPANY: RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. HISTORY DETAILS CREDITS SYNOPSIS GENRE PRT DETAILS FULL PAGE VIEW HISTORY MICHAEL ARLEN'S SHORT STORY WAS ALSO PUBLISHED 1946 A LLECTN OF STORI EDED BY ELLERY QUEEN TLED TO THE QUEEN'S TASTE. ALTHOUGH A SIGN ON "GAY'S" OFFICE DOOR SPELLS HIS LAST NAME "LRENCE," REVIEWS AND SUBSEQUENT PICTUR SPELL HIS NAME "LAWRENCE." A HR PRODUCTN CHART PLAC FLORENCE BAT THE ST, BUT SHE WAS NOT THE RELEASED FILM. ACRDG TO A FEB 1941 NEWS EM HR, AFTER RKO CID TO FILM S "SAT" SERI LONDON WH AN ALL-NEW ST, THE STUD BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR A NEW MYSTERY CHARACTER TO SHOWSE FORMER "SAT" STAR GEE SANRS, WHO WAS ON LOAN TO RKO OM TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX. IN MAR 1941, THE STUD BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO MICHAEL ARLEN'S STORY "THE GAY FALN" AND ASSIGNED LYNN ROOT AND FRANK FENTON TO WORK ON THE SCRIPT. MORN SOURC ADD THAT AFTER THE PICTURE WAS RELEASED, LLIE CHARTERIS, THE CREATOR OF THE SAT, SUED RKO ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE FALN WAS THE SAT DISGUISE. THE FAL DISPOSN OF THE SU HAS NOT BEEN DISVERED. WENDY BARRIE AND GEE SANRS ALSO APPEARED TOGETHER THE 1939 RKO FILM THE SAT STRIK BACK AND THE 1940 FILM THE SAT TAK OVER.       THE GAY FALN WAS THE FIRST OF THIRTEEN FILMS BASED ON THE CHARACTER CREATED BY ARLEN AND PRODUCED BY RKO. THE FIRST FOUR FILMS STARRED SANRS AS GAY LAWRENCE AND THE BALANCE FEATURED TOM CONWAY, SANRS' REAL-LIFE BROTHER, AS "TOM LAWRENCE," BROTHER OF GAY. SEVEN OF THE FILMS FEATURED EHER ALLEN JENKS, CLIFF EDWARDS OR EDWARD S. BROPHY THE ROLE OF THE FALN'S ... MORE LS MICHAEL ARLEN'S SHORT STORY WAS ALSO PUBLISHED 1946 A LLECTN OF STORI EDED BY ELLERY QUEEN TLED TO THE QUEEN'S TASTE. ALTHOUGH A SIGN ON "GAY'S" OFFICE DOOR SPELLS HIS LAST NAME "LRENCE," REVIEWS AND SUBSEQUENT PICTUR SPELL HIS NAME "LAWRENCE." A HR PRODUCTN CHART PLAC FLORENCE BAT THE ST, BUT SHE WAS NOT THE RELEASED FILM. ACRDG TO A FEB 1941 NEWS EM HR, AFTER RKO CID TO FILM S "SAT" SERI LONDON WH AN ALL-NEW ST, THE STUD BEGAN TO SEARCH FOR A NEW MYSTERY CHARACTER TO SHOWSE FORMER "SAT" STAR GEE SANRS, WHO WAS ON LOAN TO RKO OM TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX. IN MAR 1941, THE STUD BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO MICHAEL ARLEN'S STORY "THE GAY FALN" AND ASSIGNED LYNN ROOT AND FRANK FENTON TO WORK ON THE SCRIPT. MORN SOURC ADD THAT AFTER THE PICTURE WAS RELEASED, LLIE CHARTERIS, THE CREATOR OF THE SAT, SUED RKO ON THE GROUNDS THAT THE FALN WAS THE SAT DISGUISE. THE FAL DISPOSN OF THE SU HAS NOT BEEN DISVERED. WENDY BARRIE AND GEE SANRS ALSO APPEARED TOGETHER THE 1939 RKO FILM THE SAT STRIK BACK AND THE 1940 FILM THE SAT TAK OVER.       THE GAY FALN WAS THE FIRST OF THIRTEEN FILMS BASED ON THE CHARACTER CREATED BY ARLEN AND PRODUCED BY RKO. THE FIRST FOUR FILMS STARRED SANRS AS GAY LAWRENCE AND THE BALANCE FEATURED TOM CONWAY, SANRS' REAL-LIFE BROTHER, AS "TOM LAWRENCE," BROTHER OF GAY. SEVEN OF THE FILMS FEATURED EHER ALLEN JENKS, CLIFF EDWARDS OR EDWARD S. BROPHY THE ROLE OF THE FALN'S SIKICK, GOLDY (OR GOLDIE) LOCKE. AFTER A LAPSE OF TWO YEARS, THE PENNT PRODUCTN PANY FALN PRODUCTNS, INC. BOUGHT THE RIGHTS TO "THE FALN" AND TURNED OUT THREE FILMS OM 1948 TO 1949 STARRG JOHN CALVERT THE LEAD. FROM 1954 TO 1955, CHARL MCGRAW PORTRAYED MIKE WARG, THE FALN THIRTY-NE SYNDITED TELEVISN EPISOS ENTLED ADVENTUR OF THE FALN. FOR ADDNAL RMATN ABOUT THE SERI, NSULT THE SERI INX. LS SOURCE CITATIONS SOURCE DATE PAGE BOX OFFICE 20 SEP 1941 --- DAILY VARIETY 16 SEP 1941 --- FILM DAILY 16 SEP 1941 P. 4 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 7 FEB 1941 P. 2 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 19 MAR 1941 P. 1 HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 2 MAY 1941 P. 15 MOTN PICTURE HERALD PRODUCT DIGT 23 AUG 1941 P. 218 MOTN PICTURE HERALD PRODUCT DIGT 20 SEP 1941 P. 276 VARIETY 17 SEP 1941 P. 22 CAST NAME CREDITED AS CREDIT GEE SANRS GAY LAWRENCE, ALSO KNOWN AS "THE FALN" WENDY BARRIE HELEN REED ALLEN JENKS JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE ANNE HUNTER ELOR BENFORD GLADYS COOPER MAXE WOOD EDWARD BROPHY OFFICER BAT ARTHUR SHIELDS INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK DAMIAN O'FLYNN NOEL WEBER TURHAN BEY MANUEL RETANA EDDIE DUNN GRIM + &M; NAME CREDITED AS CREDIT GEE SANRS GAY LAWRENCE, ALSO KNOWN AS "THE FALN" WENDY BARRIE HELEN REED ALLEN JENKS JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE ANNE HUNTER ELOR BENFORD GLADYS COOPER MAXE WOOD EDWARD BROPHY OFFICER BAT ARTHUR SHIELDS INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK DAMIAN O'FLYNN NOEL WEBER TURHAN BEY MANUEL RETANA EDDIE DUNN GRIM LUCILE GLEASON MRS. GARDER WILLIE FUNG JERRY HANS CONRIED HERMAN JIMMY CONL BARTENR WALTER SORLG MUE ATTENDANT ROBERT SMH POLICE OFFICER AT MUE FRANK O'CONNOR POLICE OFFICER HALLWAY JAM BLAE POLICE OFFICER BOBBY BARBER WAER PL NORBY CIGAR CLERK MICKEY PHILLIPS NEWBOY LEW KELLY JAILOR POLLY BAILEY LANDLADY JOEY RAY ORCHTRA LEAR LEE BONNELL VIRGIA VALE + &M; PRODUCTION CREDITS NAME PARENT COMPANY PRODUCTION COMPANY RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. DISTRIBUTION COMPANY RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. NAME CREDITED AS CREDIT DIRECTORS IRVG REIS DIR CLEM BECHAMP ASST DIR PRODUCER HOWARD BENEDICT PROD WRITERS LYNN ROOT SCR FRANK FENTON SCR PHOTOGRAPHY NICHOLAS MURA DIR OF PHOTOG ART DIRECTORS VAN NT POLGLASE ART DIR CARROLL CLARK ART DIR ASSOC FILM EDITOR GEE CRONE ED COSTUMES RENIE GOWNS MUSIC PL SAWTELL M SRE SOUND RICHARD VAN HSEN REC SOURCES LITERARY BASED ON THE SHORT STORY "THE GAY FALN" BY MICHAEL ARLEN TOWN AND COUNTRY (MAY 1940). LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR MICHAEL ARLEN DETAILS SERI: THE FALN RELEASE DATE: 24 OCTOBER 1941 COPYRIGHT INFO CLAIMANT DATE COPYRIGHT NUMBER RKO RAD PICTUR, INC. 14 OCTOBER 1941 LP10760 PHYSIL PROPERTI: SOUND RCA SOUND SYSTEM BLACK AND WHE DURATN( MS): 66-67 LENGTH( FEET): 5,997 COUNTRY: UNED STAT LANGUAGE: ENGLISH PCA NO: 7362 PASSED BY NBR: Y SYNOPSIS GAY LAWRENCE, THE BONAIR SLTH KNOWN AS "THE FALN," FORAK HIS CRIME-SOLVG AND SKIRT-CHASG EFFORTS FOR THE SAKE OF HIS FIANCéE, ELOR BENFORD. TO PLEASE ELOR, GAY AND HIS ASSISTANT, JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE, OPEN A BROKERAGE OFFICE ON WALL STREET, BUT AFTER ONE DAY ON THE JOB, GAY IS READY FOR RETIREMENT. HE RETURNS HOME OM THE OFFICE TO FD HELEN REED, SECRETARY TO SOCIALE MAXE WOOD, WAG TO SEE HIM. ON BEHALF OF HER BOSS, HELEN ASKS GAY TO ATTEND A CHARY BALL THAT NIGHT TO PROTECT A DIAMOND OWNED BY MRS. GARDER, ONE OF THE GUTS. UNABLE TO RIST, GAY ACPANI ELOR TO THE BALL, WHERE HE DANC WH MRS. GARDER, WHO SLIPS HIM THE DIAMOND. MRS. GARDER'S ACT PUZZL GAY, BUT BEFORE HE N QUTN HER, A SHOT RGS OUT AND SHE FALLS TO THE FLOOR, AD. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVE AT THE PARTY, OFFICER BAT ARRTS GOLDY, WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON THE ROOM DURG THE TIME OF THE SHOOTG, AS A MATERIAL WNS. GAY FOLLOWS GOLDY TO THE POLICE STATN, WHERE HE NVC INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK TO EE GOLDY AS BA TO TRAP THE KILLER. HELEN MEETS THEM AT THE POLICE STATN, AND GAY LEAV GOLDY A PBALL PARLOR WHILE HE AND HELEN GO TO QUTN MAXE. WHILE GAY TELLS MAXE THAT HE SPECTS THAT MRS. GARDER WAS VOLVED WH A GANG OF JEWEL THIEV LED BY MANUEL RETANA, A GUT AT THE BALL, GOLDY IS ABDUCTED BY NOEL WEBER, WHO ORRS HIM TO PHONE GAY AND MAND THAT HE TURN OVER THE DIAMOND. AS GOLDY DIALS, WEBER IS FELLED BY A GUNSHOT ... MORE LS GAY LAWRENCE, THE BONAIR SLTH KNOWN AS "THE FALN," FORAK HIS CRIME-SOLVG AND SKIRT-CHASG EFFORTS FOR THE SAKE OF HIS FIANCéE, ELOR BENFORD. TO PLEASE ELOR, GAY AND HIS ASSISTANT, JONATHAN "GOLDY" LOCKE, OPEN A BROKERAGE OFFICE ON WALL STREET, BUT AFTER ONE DAY ON THE JOB, GAY IS READY FOR RETIREMENT. HE RETURNS HOME OM THE OFFICE TO FD HELEN REED, SECRETARY TO SOCIALE MAXE WOOD, WAG TO SEE HIM. ON BEHALF OF HER BOSS, HELEN ASKS GAY TO ATTEND A CHARY BALL THAT NIGHT TO PROTECT A DIAMOND OWNED BY MRS. GARDER, ONE OF THE GUTS. UNABLE TO RIST, GAY ACPANI ELOR TO THE BALL, WHERE HE DANC WH MRS. GARDER, WHO SLIPS HIM THE DIAMOND. MRS. GARDER'S ACT PUZZL GAY, BUT BEFORE HE N QUTN HER, A SHOT RGS OUT AND SHE FALLS TO THE FLOOR, AD. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVE AT THE PARTY, OFFICER BAT ARRTS GOLDY, WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON THE ROOM DURG THE TIME OF THE SHOOTG, AS A MATERIAL WNS. GAY FOLLOWS GOLDY TO THE POLICE STATN, WHERE HE NVC INSPECTOR MIKE WALCK TO EE GOLDY AS BA TO TRAP THE KILLER. HELEN MEETS THEM AT THE POLICE STATN, AND GAY LEAV GOLDY A PBALL PARLOR WHILE HE AND HELEN GO TO QUTN MAXE. WHILE GAY TELLS MAXE THAT HE SPECTS THAT MRS. GARDER WAS VOLVED WH A GANG OF JEWEL THIEV LED BY MANUEL RETANA, A GUT AT THE BALL, GOLDY IS ABDUCTED BY NOEL WEBER, WHO ORRS HIM TO PHONE GAY AND MAND THAT HE TURN OVER THE DIAMOND. AS GOLDY DIALS, WEBER IS FELLED BY A GUNSHOT AND GOLDY IS AGA ARRTED FOR MURR. MEANWHILE, GAY SH HOME, WHERE BAT TELLS HIM THAT GOLDY IS BEG HELD FOR MURR AND MIKE WANTS TO SEE HIM AT HEADQUARTERS. GAY GIV BAT THE SLIP, HOWEVER, AND THE NEXT DAY, WHILE DISGUISED AS A TRAMP, HE TRI TO APOLOGIZE TO ELOR, WHO IS FUR BEE HE LEFT WH HELEN. ELOR ICILY RMS GAY THAT SHE HAS A DATE WH RETANA LATER THAT NIGHT AND NEVER WANTS TO SEE HIM AGA. STILL SPIC OF RETANA, GAY AND HELEN BREAK TO HIS APARTMENT, AND WHEN HE RETURNS DURG THE MIDDLE OF THEIR SEARCH, THEY HI ON THE PAT AND WATCH AS HE CHECKS BEHD A WALL PANEL. AFTER RETANA LEAV, GAY REACH BEHD THE PANEL AND FDS THE GUN THAT KILLED WEBER. GAY THEN GO TO THE MUE, WHERE HE EXAM WEBER'S BODY AND REGNIZ HIM AS THE MAN PICTURED WH RETANA A PHOTOGRAPH HE FOUND RETANA'S APARTMENT. MEANWHILE, AS THE POLICE TERROGATE GOLDY, HELEN BURSTS AND NFS TO WEBER'S MURR AND PRENTS THEM WH RETANA'S GUN. WHEN THE GUN IS INTIFIED AS THE MURR WEAPON, HELEN TELLS THEM ABOUT RETANA AND SENDS THEM TO A CLUB WHERE HE IS DG WH ELOR. GAY PHON ELOR AT THE CLUB TO TELL HER TO LEAVE BEFORE THE POLICE ARRIVE, BUT SHE THKS THAT GAY IS TRYG TO AME RETANA OUT OF JEALOY AND WARNS HIM STEAD. WHEN GAY RETURNS HOME, HE FDS AN ARMED RETANA MANDG THE DIAMOND, BUT HE IS IGHTENED OFF WHEN HELEN UNEXPECTEDLY APPEARS AT THE DOOR. MEANWHILE, BAT HAS ARRTED ELOR AT THE CLUB, AND WHEN SHE LLS GAY OM THE POLICE STATN, HE STCTS MIKE TO MEET HIM AT MAXE WOOD'S APARTMENT. THERE, MAXE TELLS GAY THAT HER LIFE HAS BEEN THREATENED, PROMPTG GAY AND MIKE TO PROMISE TO STAY THE NIGHT TO PROTECT HER. MAXE THEN RETIR FOR THE EVENG, AND GAY AND MIKE LISTEN AT HER BEDROOM DOOR AS RETANA SNEAKS THROUGH THE WDOW AND THREATENS HER. MIKE AND GAY CHARGE TO THE ROOM, BUT BEFORE THEY N PTURE RETANA, HE FALLS AD, A HYPORMIC NEEDLE AT HIS SI. MIKE ASSUM THAT RETANA MTED SUICI, BUT GAY DISAGRE AND CLAR THAT MAXE KILLED RETANA. HE THEN EXPLAS THAT MAXE WAS MARRIED TO WEBER WHO, WH RETANA, PRISED THE JEWEL THEFT RG. WHEN SHE AND WEBER TRIED TO DOUBLE-CROSS RETANA, HE KILLED WEBER AND WAS ABOUT TO DO THE SAME TO MAXE WHEN SHE STABBED HIM WH THE HYPORMIC. GAY NTU THAT WEBER'S KNOWLEDGE THAT GOLDY WAS AT THE PBALL PARLOR TIPPED HIM THAT MAXE WAS VOLVED THE RG. THEY ALL THEN RETURN TO THE POLICE STATN, AND ELOR IS ABOUT TO FIVE GAY WHEN AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN ARRIV AND ASKS HIM FOR HIS HELP SOLVG A CRIME. 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Gay phon Elor at the club to tell her to leave before the police arrive, but she thks that Gay is tryg to ame Retana out of jealoy and warns him stead.

When Gay returns home, he fds an armed Retana mandg the diamond, but he is ightened off when Helen unexpectedly appears at the door. Meanwhile, Bat has arrted Elor at the club, and when she lls Gay om the police statn, he stcts Mike to meet him at Maxe Wood's apartment. There, Maxe tells Gay that her life has been threatened, promptg Gay and Mike to promise to stay the night to protect her.

Maxe then retir for the eveng, and Gay and Mike listen at her bedroom door as Retana sneaks through the wdow and threatens her.

Mike and Gay charge to the room, but before they n pture Retana, he falls ad, a hypormic needle at his si. Mike assum that Retana mted suici, but Gay disagre and clar that Maxe killed Retana. Gay ntu that Weber's knowledge that Goldy was at the pball parlor tipped him that Maxe was volved the rg.

They all then return to the police statn, and Elor is about to five Gay when an attractive woman arriv and asks him for his help solvg a crime.