King of the Newsboys
MEN IN THE MAKING But what kind of men grow out of the squalor of the tenements...from the sordid back alleys of the slums?
1938 | 65m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Bernard Vorhaus |
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| Writer: | Louis Weitzenkorn, Peggy Thompson |
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| A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 18, 1938 |
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| Director: | Bernard Vorhaus |
| Writer: | Louis Weitzenkorn, Peggy Thompson |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | newspaper, gangster, hoodlum |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lew Ayres | Jerry Flynn |
| Helen Mack | Mary Ellen Stephens |
| Alison Skipworth | Nora |
| Victor Varconi | Wire Arno |
| Sheila Bromley | Connie Madison |
| Alice White | Dolly |
| Horace McMahon | Lockjaw |
| William Benedict | Squimpy |
| Ray Cooke | Pussy |
| Jack Pennick | Lefty |
| Mary Kornman | Peggy |
| Gloria Rich | Maizie |
| Oscar O'Shea | Mr. Stephens |
| Marjorie Main | Mrs. Stephens (uncredited) |
| Byron Foulger | Gazette Owner (uncredited) |
| Howard Hickman | Judge (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bernard Vorhaus | Director |
| Louis Weitzenkorn | Screenplay |
| Peggy Thompson | Writer |
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There's actually quite a decent degree of chemistry between Lew Ayres ("Jerry") and Helen Mack ("Marry Ellen") in this otherwise unremarkable crime melodrama the sees her leave him for the tantalising life of gangster's moll. Can he win her back? Snag is, it's a bit all over the place - part thrille ... r, part gangster film and part comedy - and the ingredients don't mix particularly effectively. Maybe had Richard Vorhaus just focussed his attention/intention a little bit more, this could have been quite a gripping little B-feature, but as it is, it's a slowly paced, limited action effort that falls between too many stools en route to an ending that is never in doubt. British theatrical star Alison Skipworth ("Nora") has something of the silent film star about her, which is nice to watch but otherwise this is a film to pass an hour then completely forget...