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The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.
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Jos. W. Randall
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Jenny Townsend
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Michael Townsend
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Phillip Weeks
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Ziggie Feinstein
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Nancy (Voorhees) Townsend
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Kitty Carmody
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T. Vernon Isopod
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Miss Taylor
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Bernard Hinchecliffe
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Robert French
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R.J. Brannegan
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Reporter (uncredited)
Richard Carlyle ...
First Newstand Proprietor (uncredited)
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Schwartz (uncredited)
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Reporter in Speakeasy (uncredited)
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Isobel Weeks (uncredited)
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Miss Edwards (uncredited)
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Dr. Bevins (uncredited)
Franklin Parker ...
Reporter (uncredited)
William H. Strauss ...
Jerry (uncredited)
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Arthur Weeks (uncredited)
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Arthur Goldberg (uncredited)
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Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Jack Wise ...
Clerk Selling Nancy the Gazette (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mervyn LeRoy

Written by

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Louis Weitzenkorn ... (play)
 
Byron Morgan ... (screen play)
 
Robert Lord ... (adaptation)

Produced by

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Hal B. Wallis ... producer (uncredited)

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Sol Polito ... (photography)

Editing by

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Frank Ware

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Jack Okey

Costume Design by

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Earl Luick ... (gowns)
Edward Stevenson ... (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Gordon Hollingshead ... assistant director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Thomas Brannigan ... second camera (uncredited)
John Ellis ... still photographer (uncredited)
Mike Joyce ... second camera (uncredited)
R.G. Mitchell ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Thomas Riddell ... assistant camera (uncredited)

Music Department

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Leo F. Forbstein ... conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra
Vitaphone Orchestra ... musicians: orchestra

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S. Charles Einfeld ... general press representative (uncredited)
Byron Morgan ... dialogue director (uncredited)
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  • First National Pictures (presents) (A First National-Vitaphone Picture) (controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)

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Plot Summary

Hinchcliffe, the ruthless publisher of a sleazy New York tabloid, is concerned that the ethical journalistic policies of City Editor Randall have caused a drop in circulation. He pressures the newsman to run more sensational stories including resurrecting the twenty year old Vorhees Murder Case. Although the perpetrator's actions were ultimately judged justifiable, and she has been subsequently living an exemplary life in anonymity, Hunchcliffe insists Randall revisit the story. Randall assigns Isopod, an alcoholic degenerate, to dig up anything lurid that he find. The unprincipled reporter fraudulently insinuates himself into the Vorhees' home masquerading as a minister and gets the expose he sought. Yellow journalism triumphs, and a decent woman's name gets dragged through the mud again... with tragic consequences. Written by duke1029@aol.com

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Taglines A picture as sensational as its subject! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Spätausgabe (Germany)
  • Sed de escándalo (Spain)
  • Sede de Escândalo (Brazil)
  • O kitrinos typos (Greece)
  • Skandale for enhver pris (Norway)
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  • 89 min
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Budget $310,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia "The Evening Gazette" is based on the real-life "New York Evening Graphic", the most sensational of all the "Front Page"-era tabloid papers (critics called it the Porno-Graphic). The paper, owned by Bernarr Macfadden, was published from 1924-32. At the time this film was made, the Graphic had been losing circulation, because its new editor had been trying to make it a more respectable paper, just like in the film. The paper was best known for its "composographs", composite photographs used to create an otherwise unobtainable illustration. Louis Weitzenkorn, who wrote the original play, entitled "Late Night Final", had been a reporter and managing editor on the "Evening Graphic". See more »
Goofs When Nancy Voorhees Townsend is at the newsstand and picks up the Evening Gazette with her photo from 20 years ago beside the photo of the man she killed back then on the front page, the headline above the two photos is "Nancy Voorhees Story". But after she walks away with it to pay for it, another copy with the same two photos on the front is shown at the newsstand, but with the headline "2 Die in Subway Cave-in". After she pays for the one in her hand, that's loosely folded in half, part of the headline on it can be seen, and it isn't "Nancy Voorhees Story" as it had been - it's now the "2 Die in Subway Cave-in" headline. That same 'subway' headline is in the next shot when she sits down at the desk at her apartment to read it, before she hurriedly hides it in the drawer when her daughter enters the room. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in When the Talkies Were Young (1955). See more »
Soundtracks The Wearing of the Green See more »
Quotes Jos. W. Randall: God gives us heartache and the devil gives us whiskey.
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