A driven newspaperman misses out on the joys and sorrows of ordinary life.A driven newspaperman misses out on the joys and sorrows of ordinary life.A driven newspaperman misses out on the joys and sorrows of ordinary life.
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- Myra May
- (as Katherine Francis)
- Kelly - Newspaper Reporter
- (uncredited)
- McPhee - Newspaper Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Newspaper Copy Boy
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe copyright for this film has expired and it is now in public domain.
- Quotes
Myra May: Are you the editor?
Wickland Snell: I? No?
Myra May: Then get him. Get him down here! You'll have to get all the editors down here.
Wickland Snell: Yeah? Must be important.
Myra May: You think I'd be here at this time of morning, if it weren't? I'm suing this dirty paper for fifty thousand dollars. Libel. And I'll get it too. My attorney will be here at eight o'clock. You can't print lies about me.
Wickland Snell: You are suing you say?
Myra May: I'm going to. If you think you can get away with any...
Wickland Snell: Now just a minute. Now tell me all about it. Maybe I can help you.
Myra May: You printed a vicious lie about me; named me as correspondent in that Cummings' divorce suit. And I'm suing for a hundred thousand dollars.
Wickland Snell: Oh. Oh, then you're, you're the Miss er...
Myra May: Myra May.
Wickland Snell: But Mrs. Cummings did name you didn't she?
Myra May: Mrs. Cummings is a liar.
Wickland Snell: Yeah, sure. Lotta women are.
Myra May: Mr. Cummings was merely a dear, dear friend of mine.
Wickland Snell: Was? Oh then, then Mr Cummings is...
Myra May: Away. In South America now.
Wickland Snell: South America.
Myra May: And unless you retract this story, I'm suing for a hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Wickland Snell: I think you're perfectly right. Won't you sit down?
Wickland Snell: Er, seeing you makes the whole thing entirely different. Now we're not going to have our paper printing lies about ladies like you, Miss May. I'll take charge of this case myself. Now, if you'll just give me the details.
Myra May: But you say you're not the editor.
Wickland Snell: No, but he'll do anything I tell him. Of course, I'll want to get in touch with you in case anything happens. Er, you have an occupation, I suppose?
Myra May: Oh, yes. Well, I'm here from California doing secretarial work. Just temporarily, of course. I'm not an ordinary secretary.
Wickland Snell: No, I can see that.
Myra May: Then you really will help me?
Wickland Snell: Why, of course I'll help you. I'll help your lawyers too. We'll all work together. Now, if you'll just let me know where I can reach you.
Myra May: Of course. Trafalgar 5428.
Wickland Snell: Trafalgar 5428. Now, I think we understand the situation.
Myra May: Perfectly.
- Alternate versionsReleased in both sound and silent versions, for theaters not yet equipped for sound.
Walter plays a newspaper man who values his career above all else. He's been completely absent from his daughter's life, with only snapshots to remind him of her appearance. After an eight-year period of no contact, he finds out about her marriage while writing about it in the paper. She comes to his office to introduce her new husband, and after a few minutes, he gets distracted by a hot tip and waves them off as he returns to his typewriter.
In the meantime, he has a lukewarm affair with society dame Kay Francis. She turns heads every time she enters a room, and Walter's perpetually drunk pal, Charles Ruggles, paws her. "Come up to my apartment sometime and fight for your honor," he slurs. If you've ever wondered why Charlie got typecast as the comic drunk in his early movies, you can trace it back to this one. This is the first movie I've seen where he actually has brown hair, and it's also his first talkie. Oh, and don't blink, otherwise you'll miss seeing Brian Donlevy for five minutes.
I couldn't bring myself to turn this movie off, even though I desperately wanted to. Nothing about it showed good quality, not even the actors who later turned out to be great professionals in every film. I couldn't believe my eyes, seeing Kay Francis and Walter Huston awkwardly swinging their arms at their sides as they try to avoid looking in the camera. Walter Huston was green, once? Where was the incomparable actor we all came to love by the time 1932 came around? It turns out, he makes an appearance in Gentlemen of the Press after all. In the very last scene makes the movie, he brings out the big guns and shows audiences his mesmerizing acting chops.
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1