''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
Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 2 ...
, billed as "Carol Lombard".
Cast
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Robert Armstrong as Steve Banks
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Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters; October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 2 ...
as Margaret Banks (billed as Carol Lombard)
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Louis Payne
William Louis Payne (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as legitimate theater.
Biography
Born in Pennsylvania, Payne's acting life began in the first decade of the 1 ...
as Hensel
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Wade Boteler as O'Neill
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Charles Sellon
Charles A. Sellon (August 24, 1870 – June 26, 1937) was an American stage and film actor.
Sellon appeared in more than 100 films and stage acts between 1901 and 1935. He played the blind Mr. Muckle in W. C. Fields' comedy ''It's a Gift'' ...
as Addison
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Sam Hardy Sam Hardy may refer to:
* Sam Hardy (actor)
* Sam Hardy (footballer)
Sam Hardy (26 August 1882 – 24 October 1966) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Football career
In 1902, Chesterfield manager Jack Hoskin beat Derby Co ...
as Reno
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Tom Kennedy Thomas or Tom Kennedy may refer to:
Politics
*Thomas Kennedy (Scottish judge) (1673–1754), joint Solicitor General for Scotland 1709–14, Lord Advocate 1714, Member of Parliament for Ayr Burghs 1720–21
*Thomas Kennedy, 9th Earl of Cassilis ...
as Officer Ryan
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Warner Richmond
Warner Richmond (born Werner Paul Otto Raetzmann; January 11, 1886 – June 19, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. He began his career as a stock theatre actor and appeared in films in both the silent film and sound eras. His career spa ...
as District Attorney Phelps
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Helen Ainsworth
Helen Ainsworth (October 10, 1901 – August 18, 1961), also known as Cupid Ainsworth, was a stage and motion picture actress. She went to Hollywood in the 1920s as an agent, and she helped a number of actors attain stardom: Guy Madison, Marily ...
as Vera, society editor
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James Donlan as Deke
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George "Gabby" Hayes as Hoffman, reporter
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Vernon Steele as reporter
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Clarence Wilson as Coroner
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Colin Chase as Birn
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Robert Dudley Robert Dudley is the name of:
Surname
* Robert Dudley (actor) (1869–1955), American dentist and film character actor
*Robert Dudley (explorer) (1574–1649), illegitimate son of the 1st Earl of Leicester
*Robert Charles Dudley (1826–1909) wate ...
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.
See also
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List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
External links
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''Big News'' at SilentEra*
1929 films
1929 comedy films
American black-and-white films
Silent American comedy films
American films based on plays
1920s English-language films
Films about journalists
Films directed by Gregory La Cava
Pathé Exchange films
1920s American films
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