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If it’s scandalous, sensational and hush-hush, New York columnist William Poster is the guy who lurks inside the speakeasies or slips beyond the backstage doors to find it. But after he breaks a story about an infamous politico’s murder, the next time Poster’s name appears in print may be in the obituaries.
Ricardo Cortez portrays Poster in a snappy pre-Code tale that’s one of many films supervised by David O. Selznick at RKO in the early 1930s. “It is a shrewd, witty and scathing portrait, and Mr. Cortez plays the part to the hilt,” wrote critic Andre Sennwald in The New York Times.
First-billed Helen Twelvetrees plays Poster’s forgiving Broadway sweetie. Other notables include future Charlie Chan-series star Sidney Toler as the murderous speakeasy proprietor and Robert Armstrong as a rival columnist. Less than a year later, Armstrong would journey to Skull Island in executive producer Selznick’s King Kong.
Original Release
06/17/1932
US Release
06/17/1932
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Helen Twelvetrees | Peggy Bannon |
Ricardo Cortez | William Poster |
Jill Esmond | Mildred Huntington |
Robert Armstrong | Ed Maloney |
Arline Judge | Bee - Poster's Secretary |
ZaSu Pitts | Morning Gazette Telephone Operator |
Clarence Muse | Horatio |
Sidney Toler | Tony Mugatti |
Fletcher Norton | Angelo Spinello |
Ernie Adams | Joe - Informant |
Directors
Writers
Ben Markson, Allen Rivkin, Casey Robinson
Cast
Name | Character |
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Helen Twelvetrees | Peggy Bannon |
Ricardo Cortez | William Poster |
Jill Esmond | Mildred Huntington |
Robert Armstrong | Ed Maloney |
Arline Judge | Bee - Poster's Secretary |
ZaSu Pitts | Morning Gazette Telephone Operator |
Clarence Muse | Horatio |
Sidney Toler | Tony Mugatti |
Fletcher Norton | Angelo Spinello |
Ernie Adams | Joe - Informant |
Lucy Beaumont | Geraldine Tucker |
George Chandler | Reporter |
Cecil Cunningham | Millionaire's Blonde Wife / Millionaire's Wife |
William B. Davidson | O'Sullivan - Managing Editor / O'Sullivan |
James Donlan | Reporter |
Billy Engle | Poster's Barber |
Clarence Geldert | Ship's Captain |
Maude Turner Gordon | Alexander's Mother |
Stuart Holmes | Radio Announcer |
Rochelle Hudson | Newlywed Bride on Leviathan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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David O. Selznick | Executive Producer |
Harry Joe Brown | Producer |