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Blessed Event

1932, Movie, NR, 82 mins

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In this excellent adaptation of the stage hit, Lee Tracy stars as Alvin, a New York City gossip columnist who loves the power of the press. Fast-paced byplay with young Dick Powell as a crooner is followed by a scene where Tracy double-crosses a young chorine. The action switches from light to heavy with nary a moment to breathe. Obviously patterned after Walter Winchell, Tracy has the role of his life with some of the sharpest dialog he's ever had to speak. Ned Sparks almos... read more leave a comment
Year: 1932
Rated NR

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Cast
Lee Tracy: Alvin
Mary Brian: Gladys
Allen Jenkins: Frankie Wells
Ruth Donnelly: Miss Stevens
George Meeker: Church
William Halligan: Flint

 

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"Fast-talking pre-code actor Lee Tracy stars in a thinly disguised portrait of rising gossip...
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Posted: 8/1/2008
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