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Blessed Event is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film starring Lee Tracy as a newspaper gossip columnist who becomes entangled with a gangster. The Tracy character (Alvin Roberts) was reportedly patterned after Walter Winchell, famous gossip columnist of the era. The film was Dick Powell's film debut.
Original Release
09/10/1932
US Release
09/10/1932
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lee Tracy | Alvin Roberts |
| Mary Brian | Gladys Price |
| Dick Powell | Bunny Harmon |
| Allen Jenkins | Frankie Wells |
| Ruth Donnelly | Miss Stevens |
| Emma Dunn | Mrs. Roberts |
| Edwin Maxwell | Sam Gobel |
| Ned Sparks | George Moxley |
| Walter Walker | Mr. Miller |
| Frank McHugh | Reilly |
Directors
Writers
Howard J. Green, Forrest Wilson, Manuel Seff
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Lee Tracy | Alvin Roberts |
| Mary Brian | Gladys Price |
| Dick Powell | Bunny Harmon |
| Allen Jenkins | Frankie Wells |
| Ruth Donnelly | Miss Stevens |
| Emma Dunn | Mrs. Roberts |
| Edwin Maxwell | Sam Gobel |
| Ned Sparks | George Moxley |
| Walter Walker | Mr. Miller |
| Frank McHugh | Reilly |
| Herman Bing | Emil - the Head Chef / Emil |
| George Chandler | Hanson |
| Jesse De Vorska | Morris Shapiro |
| Tom Dugan | Dick Cooper |
| Robert Gordon | Eddie - the Office Boy |
| Ruth Hall | Miss Bauman |
| William Halligan | Herbert Flint |
| Lew Harvey | Joe - Gobel's Henchman / Joe |
| Isabel Jewell | Dorothy Lane |
| Jack La Rue | Louis De Marco |
