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1937Movie⏱️ 1h 25mApproved
ActionCrimeDramaRomanceThriller
6.3
IMDB Rating
159 votes

Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).

Director
Alexander Hall
Writers
Jack Moffitt, Sidney Salkow, Rian James
Stars
Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charles Ruggles
Release Date
August 6, 1937
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 8
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
as Ralph Houston
Frances Farmer
Frances Farmer
as Vina Swain
Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles
as Tod Swain
Lloyd Nolan
Lloyd Nolan
as Charles Gillette
Fay Holden
Fay Holden
as Mrs. Swain
Ralph Morgan
Ralph Morgan
as Horace Mitchell
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Edward H. Robins
as Col. Bogardus
Harlan Briggs
Harlan Briggs
as Springer
Willard Robertson
Willard Robertson
as Mr. Franklin
Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon
as Beak McArdle

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

gang leadernewspaper competitionscandal sheet tabloid newspapernewspaper reporternewspaper editor

🎯 Categories

ActionCrimeDramaRomanceThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Frances Farmer & Fred MacMurray team in news melodrama
by jmk562001-03-26
8/10

"An interesting Paramount film from 1937 teaming a petulant Frances Farmer and low-key Fred MacMurray as quarreling lovers working for competing newspapers. Charlie Ruggles, as Farmer's father, adds equal doses of slapstick humor and poignancy. The film veers fairly wildly in tone, including jabs at yellow journalism, racketeering and the self-righteous attitudes of some press-people, while working in bits about that oft-quoted conundrum--how do you know for sure that a refrigerator's light goes out when you close the door? Farmer's character is pretty unlikeable, putting down..."

💡 Did You Know?

Frances Farmer replaced Carole Lombard, who refused to do the part.

📖 Synopsis

Two newspapers are pitted against each other. One owned by gangster Charles Gillette (Lloyd Nolan), the other by Ralph Houston (Fred MacMurray).