Lady For A Night

VHS, Not Rated, 88 minutes, Republic Pictures Home Video

Jack Morgan (John Wayne) loves Jenny Blake (Joan Blondell) and will do whatever it takes to make her happy. More than anything, she wants to be accepted by Memphis society, but being an owner of a Mississippi gambling boat, she is a social outcast. To help Jenny, Jack rigs the judging for the Carnival Ball Beauty Pageant, and Jenny is proclaimed queen, the highest attainable social honor. But Jenny is barely tolerated by society, making her more determined to earn the respect of the upper class. Opportunity presents itself when Alan Alder (Ray Middelton), a young socialite, runs up a large debt on her gambling boat. In exchange for marriage, Jenny will clear Alan's debts, giving her the socially accepted name of "Alderson." Society and the Alderson family, enraged, resort to vicious threats, extortion and attempted murder to break up the marriage. A plot full of intriguing twist unwinds as Jack and Jenny search for happiness in the tumultuous environment of a New Orleans gambling boat.