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Good News is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film based on the 1927 stage production of the same name. It was directed by Nick Grinde. The cast included Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards and Penny Singleton. The film was shot in black-and-white, although the finale was in Multicolor. The surviving print lacks the finale; no footage is known to survive.
By the 1940s, the original was not shown in the United States due to its Pre-Code content, which included sexual innuendo and lewd suggestive humor. Another film based on the musical, also called Good News, was released in 1947.
Original Release
08/23/1930
US Release
08/23/1930
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mary Lawlor | Connie / Constance 'Connie' Lane |
| Stanley Smith | Tom / Tom Marlowe |
| Bessie Love | Babe / Babe ODay |
| Cliff Edwards | Kearney / 'Pooch' Kearney |
| Lola Lane | Pat |
| Thomas E. Jackson | Coach |
| Delmer Daves | Beef |
| Billy Taft | Freshman |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | Professor Kenyon |
| Penny Singleton | Flo |
Directors
Writers
Laurence Schwab, Lew Brown, Frank Mandel, Buddy G. DeSylva, Ray Henderson, Frances Marion, Joseph Farnham
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Mary Lawlor | Connie / Constance 'Connie' Lane |
| Stanley Smith | Tom / Tom Marlowe |
| Bessie Love | Babe / Babe ODay |
| Cliff Edwards | Kearney / 'Pooch' Kearney |
| Lola Lane | Pat |
| Thomas E. Jackson | Coach |
| Delmer Daves | Beef |
| Billy Taft | Freshman |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | Professor Kenyon |
| Penny Singleton | Flo |
| Helyn Virgil | Girl |
| Vera Marshe | Girl |
| Abe Lyman | Abe Lyman |
| Abe Lyman Orchestra | Abe Lyman Orchestra |
| Buster Crabbe | Student |
| Ann Dvorak | Student |
| Harry Earles | Midget in Trash Basket |
| Al Norman | Eccentric Dancer |
| Dave O'Brien | Student |
| Kane Richmond | Student |
