The read
It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
17 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.James 'Jimmy' Russell
- Ann DvorakSally Condon
- Frances DeeMary Wodehouse
- Lee TracyStanley Fiske
- Lyle TalbotEdward Griswold 'Eddie' Shaw
- Warren HymerBurney Olds
- André LuguetMax Boncour
- Cecil CunninghamAunt Hattie Donovan
- Polly WaltersBetty, Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
cover-upmobsteratlantic citypre-codenewspaper reporterpractical joke