20 Feb 2020
My Salinger Year
A college grad takes a clerical job working for the literary agent of the renowned, reclusive writer J.D. Salinger.
Blackmail
A romance of Scotland Yard
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.
Top Billed Cast
Anny Ondra Alice White
Sara Allgood Mrs. White
Charles Paton Mr. White
John Longden Detective Frank Webber
Donald Calthrop Tracy
Cyril Ritchard The Artist
Hannah Jones The Landlady
Harvey Braban The Chief Inspector
Ex-Det. Sergt. Bishop The Detective Sergeant
Johnny Ashby Boy (uncredited)
Joan Barry Alice White (voice) (uncredited)
Johnny Butt Sergeant (uncredited)
Phyllis Konstam Gossiping Neighbour (uncredited)
Sam Livesey The Chief Inspector (silent version) (uncredited)
Phyllis Monkman Gossip Woman (uncredited)
Percy Parsons Crook (uncredited)
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