Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue beholden to a penthouse gangster.A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue beholden to a penthouse gangster.A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue beholden to a penthouse gangster.
André Luguet
- Max Boncour
- (as Andre Luguet)
William Burress
- Ollie
- (Gelöschte Szenen)
George Raft
- Sneaky
- (Gelöschte Szenen)
George Beranger
- Manager of Elizabeth Morgan's
- (Nicht genannt)
Gino Corrado
- Sardi's Waiter
- (Nicht genannt)
George Ernest
- Newsboy
- (Nicht genannt)
Harrison Greene
- City Editor
- (Nicht genannt)
Eddie Kane
- Sardi's Captain of Waiters
- (Nicht genannt)
John Larkin
- Tod - Jimmy's Elevator Operator
- (Nicht genannt)
John Marston
- George Curley
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesDuring his tenure with Warner Bros., William A. Wellman churned out a number of energetic, fast-paced entertainments which are often overlooked by admirers of his work but stand out from the assembly-line programmers they were intended to be. Among the highlights from this early period are Night Nurse (1931) with Barbara Stanwyck, the grim Pre-Code drama Safe in Hell (1931) and Love Is a Racket (1932) (1932) starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as a newspaper columnist working the Broadway beat. The latter film is not only a fascinating time capsule of its era, with glimpses of then-popular New York City nightspots such as Sardi's, but also presents an unapologetic, cynical view of reporters who often resort to any means necessary to score a front-page story.
Wellman would go on to make several more distinctive B-pictures for Warner Bros. including the post-World War I social drama Heroes for Sale (1933) and the picaresque railroad adventure, Kinder auf den Straßen (1933), but Love Is a Racket (1932) is a fun, unpretentious introduction to his Pre-Code films for the studio.
- Zitate
James 'Jimmy' Russell: [Giving her a gift of 'nylon' stockings] Here you are, ya' peroxide pirate.
Switchboard Operator: Oh, Mr. Russell... they're lovely! And extra length, too!
James 'Jimmy' Russell: Yeah... winter'll soon be here.
- VerbindungenAlternate-language version of L'athlète incomplet (1932)
Ausgewählte Rezension
Just okay...
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plays a worldly-wise newspaperman whose beat is Broadway. He always seems to be one step ahead of everyone and is never a chump...except when it comes to one woman (Frances Dee). This lady has written some bad checks and he decides to help her. However, it all ends up backfiring on him. It's a shame, as his lovely assistant (Ann Dvorak) can't get him to notice her. When his lady love gets in trouble, he decides to help her....with results he never anticipated. Along for the ride are Lee Tracy as his sidekick and Lyle Talbot as the tough guy who has the rubber checks.
While this isn't a bad film, it isn't all that great either. One way I knew this is that as I watched, I kept finding my attention drifting. The dialog is a bit snappy but there just seems to be SOMETHING missing. I think it's fun...and perhaps an interesting plot. A time-passer and nothing more.
While this isn't a bad film, it isn't all that great either. One way I knew this is that as I watched, I kept finding my attention drifting. The dialog is a bit snappy but there just seems to be SOMETHING missing. I think it's fun...and perhaps an interesting plot. A time-passer and nothing more.
hilfreich•66
- planktonrules
- 20. Jan. 2013
Top-Auswahl
Melden Sie sich zum Bewerten an und greifen Sie auf die Watchlist für personalisierte Empfehlungen zu
Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Sprache
- Auch bekannt als
- Such Things Happen
- Drehorte
- Produktionsfirma
- Weitere beteiligte Unternehmen bei IMDbPro anzeigen
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 12 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.37 : 1
Zu dieser Seite beitragen
Bearbeitung vorschlagen oder fehlenden Inhalt hinzufügen
Oberste Lücke
By what name was Love Is a Racket (1932) officially released in India in English?
Antwort