Big News (film)
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Directed by | Gregory La Cava Marty Santell (asst. director) |
Produced by | Ralph Block (producer) |
Written by | George S. Brooks (play For Two Cents) & Walter DeLeon (writer) Jack Jungmeyer (writer) Frank Reicher (writer) |
Starring | Robert Armstrong Carole Lombard |
Cinematography | Norbert Brodine Arthur C. Miller |
Edited by | Doane Harrison |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release dates
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September 7, 1929 |
Running time
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75 minutes |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
Big News is a 1929 American Pre-Code film directed by Gregory La Cava, released by Pathé Exchange, and starring Robert Armstrong and Carole Lombard, billed as "Carol Lombard".
Cast
- Robert Armstrong as Steve Banks
- Carole Lombard as Margaret Banks (billed as Carol Lombard)
- Louis Payne as Hensel
- Wade Boteler as O'Neill
- Charles Sellon as Addison
- Sam Hardy as Reno
- Tom Kennedy as Ryan
- Warner Richmond as District Attorney Phelps
- Helen Ainsworth as Vera, Society editor
- James Donlan as Deke
- George "Gabby" Hayes as Reporter Hoffman
- Vernon Steele as Reporter
- Clarence Wilson as Coroner
- Colin Chase as Birn
- Robert Dudley as Telegraph editor
Plot
Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
Preservation status
The film exists in a 16mm reduction print.[1]
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Big News at IMDb
- Big News at SilentEra
- Big News is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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- American films
- 1920s comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by Gregory La Cava
- American comedy films
- Pathé Exchange films
- Pathé films
- Films made before the MPAA Production Code
- 1920s comedy film stubs