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Big News (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Big News' is a 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Gregory La Cava, released by Path Exchange, and starring Robert Armstrong and Carole Lombard, billed as "Carol Lombard".
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
Plot
Steve Banks (Armstrong) is a hard-drinking newspaper reporter. His wife Margaret (Lombard), a reporter for a rival paper, threatens to divorce him if he doesn't 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.
Preservation status
The film exists in a 16mm reduction print.
References
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