Big News (film)
1929 film
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Big News is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Gregory La Cava, released by Pathé Exchange, and starring Robert Armstrong and Carole Lombard, billed as "Carol Lombard".
Directed byGregory La Cava
Written byWalter DeLeon
Jack Jungmeyer
Frank Reicher
Jack Jungmeyer
Frank Reicher
Based onFor Two Cents
by George S. Brooks
by George S. Brooks
Produced byRalph Block
| Big News | |
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Original theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Gregory La Cava |
| Written by | Walter DeLeon Jack Jungmeyer Frank Reicher |
| Based on | For Two Cents by George S. Brooks |
| Produced by | Ralph Block |
| Starring | Robert Armstrong Carole Lombard |
| Cinematography | Norbert Brodine Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Doane Harrison |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Steve Banks is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret, a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he does not quit the drinking that is compromising his career. Steve pursues a story about drug dealers even when his editor fires him. When the editor is murdered, Steve is accused of the killing.
Cast
- Robert Armstrong as Steve Banks
- Carole Lombard as Margaret Banks (billed as Carol Lombard)
- Louis Payne as Hensel
- Wade Boteler as O'Neill
- Charles Sellon as Addison
- Sam Hardy as Reno
- Tom Kennedy as Officer Ryan
- Warner Richmond as District Attorney Phelps
- Helen Ainsworth as Vera, society editor
- James Donlan as Deke
- George "Gabby" Hayes as Hoffman, reporter
- Vernon Steele as reporter
- Clarence Wilson as Coroner
- Colin Chase as Birn
- Robert Dudley as Telegraph editor
Preservation status
The film exists in a 16mm reduction print.[1]
