Roadhouse Nights

Morgan, the great torch singer of the 1920s, was nearly at the end of her career here, sliding into alcoholism which would kill her from cirrhosis of the liver in 1941 at the age of 41. Here she plays a nightclub singer not too far removed from her own life, but the film is overloaded with awkward dialog and songs not really suited for Morgan's talent. King is a reporter sent by his editor to the town of Moran, controlled by bootlegger Kohler, to get some dirt on the corruption there. Kohler finds out and has him killed. The paper immediately dispatches another reporter, Ruggles, to the scene, and he is surprised to find Morgan, his old flame, is the singer at the ...