The read
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 31m.
Synopsis
When her newspaper reporter brother is taken ill, a young woman takes over his job. Before she knows it, she's involved up to her neck in a plot involving stolen jewelry and a very agile monkey.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 32 points higher than critics do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Scott SidneyDirector
- Frank Roland ConklinWriter
Cast
- Dorothy DevoreMabel
- Walter HiersFreddie
- Tully MarshallBlake
- Jimmie AdamsBeauty Parlor Proprietor
- Priscilla BonnerMary
- James HarrisonJack
- Lincoln PlumerCity Editor
- Patricia PalmerHairdresser
- Rosa GoreCustomer
- Jay BelascoCustomer
- George C. PearceMayor
- Douglas CarterBlack Man
Stills
Themes
newspaperwoman reporterstolen jewelryshort film