Editing Monogram Pictures (section)

==Monogram's stars==
The studio was a launching pad for new stars ([[Preston Foster]] in ''[[Sensation Hunters (1933 film)|Sensation Hunters]]'', [[Randolph Scott]] in ''[[Broken Dreams (1933 film)|Broken Dreams]]'', [[Ginger Rogers]] in ''[[The Thirteenth Guest]]'', [[Lionel Atwill]] in ''[[The Sphinx (1933 film)|The Sphinx]]'', [[Alan Ladd]] in ''[[Her First Romance (1940 film)|Her First Romance]]'', [[Robert Mitchum]] in ''[[When Strangers Marry]]''. The studio was also a haven for established stars whose careers had stalled: [[Edmund Lowe]] in ''[[Klondike Fury]]'', [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]] in ''[[Road to Happiness]]'', [[Ricardo Cortez]] in ''[[I Killed That Man]]'', [[Simone Simon]] in ''[[Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]'', [[Kay Francis]] and [[Bruce Cabot]] in ''[[Divorce (1945 film)|Divorce]]''.

Monogram did create and nurture its own stars. [[Gale Storm]] began her career at [[RKO Radio Pictures]] in 1940 but found a home at Monogram. Storm had been promoted from Monogram's Frankie Darro series and was showcased in crime dramas (like ''[[The Crime Smasher]]'' (1943) opposite [[Richard Cromwell (actor)|Richard Cromwell]] and radio's [[Frank Graham (voice actor)|Frank Graham]] in the title role) and a string of musicals to capitalize on her singing talents (like ''[[Campus Rhythm]]'' and ''[[Nearly Eighteen]]'' (both 1943), as well as ''[[Swing Parade of 1946]]'' featuring [[The Three Stooges]]). Another of Monogram's finds during this time was British skating star [[Belita]], who conversely starred in musical revues first and then graduated to dramatic roles, including ''[[Suspense (1946 film)|Suspense]]'' (1946), an A-budget [[King Brothers Productions]] picture released under the Monogram name. Monogram's final leading-lady discovery was [[Jane Nigh]], who starred in several wholesome outdoor stories between 1950 and 1952; she returned to the studio in 1957 for a Bowery Boys comedy.