Advice to the Lovelorn
1933 film directed by Alfred L. Werker
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Advice to the Lovelorn is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey and Sterling Holloway. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by United Artists.[1][2][3] It is based on the novel Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West with a number of changes made.[citation needed]
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| Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
| Written by | Leonard Praskins |
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| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Lee Tracy Sally Blane Paul Harvey Sterling Holloway C. Henry Gordon Isabel Jewell |
| Cinematography | James Van Trees |
| Edited by | Allen McNeil |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
After Los Angeles reporter Toby Prentiss angers his editor by missing a major story due to being in a drunken stupor, he is assigned as punishment to take over the role of the retiring "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column. Enraged but contractually-bound, Prentiss tries to get himself deliberately fired by writing a string of replies that offend conventional morality. Instead he proves to be a major success and becomes a syndicated national columnist. This causes considerable difficulties with his girlfriend Louise.
Cast
- Lee Tracy as Toby Prentiss
- Sally Blane as Louise
- Paul Harvey as Gaskell
- Sterling Holloway as Benny
- C. Henry Gordon as Kane
- Isabel Jewell as Rose
- Jean Adair as Mrs. Prentiss
- Clay Clement as Joseph C. Douglas, District Attorney
- May Boley as Miss Lonelyhearts
- Matt Briggs as Richards
- Judith Wood as Cora
- Jimmy Conlin as California Booster
- Adalyn Doyle as Miss Curtis
- Ruth Fallows as Miss Howell
- Wade Boteler as Federal Detective
- Thomas E. Jackson as Federal Detective
- Charles Lane as Circulation Manager
- George Dobbs as Reporter
- Tom Herbert as Reporter
- Franklyn Ardell as Reporter
- Wilfred Lucas as Reporter
- Wilbur Mack as Reporter
- William H. Turner as Reporter
- John Vosper as Reporter
- Billy Wayne as Reporter
- Bonnie Bannon as Girl
