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The Czar of Broadway
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Wikipedia article
'The Czar of Broadway' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, directed by William James Craft and starring John Wray, Betty Compson, John Harron and Claud Allister.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3543 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'The Czar of Broadway'], afi.com; accessed August 10, 2015.
Synopsis
A young reporter recently arrived from San Francisco is assigned by his new editor to dig up information on corrupt political boss Morton Bradstreet who has proved untouchable by the authorities so far.
Cast
*John Wray as Morton Bradstreet
*Betty Compson as Connie Cotton
*John Harron as Jay Grant the reporter
*Claud Allister as Francis
*Wilbur Mack as Harry Foster
* King Baggot a Dane Harper
* Edmund Breese as McNab
* Gino Corrado as El Dorado Club Headwaiter
* William B. Davidson as Club Manager
Preservation status
This film is preserved in the collection of the Library of Congress.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress' (1978), p.39
References
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