26 Sep 1936
The Girl on the Front Page
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
Gaily, Gaily
The movie of a 19-year-old who went to town-- who went to TOWN!
After runaway Ben Young is robbed and left on his own, he is taken in by Lil, the head of a Chicago brothel. Acting as a surrogate mother for Ben, who thinks she runs a boardinghouse, Lil gets him a job with Francis Sullivan at the local newspaper. As Ben is exposed to the workings of the big city, he realizes the extent of government corruption and sets out on the daunting task of reforming Chicago politics, finding several allies along the way.
Top Billed Cast
Beau Bridges Ben Harvey
Μελίνα Μερκούρη Lil
Brian Keith Francis Sullivan
George Kennedy Axel P. Johanson
Hume Cronyn Tim Grogan
Margot Kidder Adeline
Roy Poole Dunne
Wilfrid Hyde-White The Governor
Melodie Johnson Lilah Letterby
John Randolph Father
Charles Tyner Dr. Lazarus
Joan Huntington Kitty
Merie Earle Granny
Claudia Bryar Mother
Eric Shea Virgil Harvey
Roy Barcroft Dr. Gorson
James V. Christy Frankie Piano
J.S. Johnson Anarchist
Harry Holcombe Stranger on Train
Tom Peters Poet
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