Frances Farmer burns through the screen while newspaper ethics go up in smoke.
Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.
Acting
Frances Farmer's ferocious, ahead-of-her-time star power.
Writing
Whip-crack dialogue that pre-dates His Girl Friday.
Director
Alexander Hall
Fred MacMurray
Ralph Houston
Frances Farmer
Vina Swain
Charles Ruggles
Tod Swain
Lloyd Nolan
Charles Gillette
Fay Holden
Mrs. Swain
Horace McMahon
Beak McArdle
Ralph Morgan
Horace Mitchell
Harlan Briggs
Springer
Willard Robertson
Mr. Franklin
Steve Pendleton
Elliott
Chester Clute
Garner
Irving Bacon
Dr. Boomgarten
James Blakeley
Mr. Walton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Farmer was Paramount's great hope for dramatic prestige; within five years, she'd be blacklisted and institutionalized.
This was one of her final 'normal' roles before her behavior—refusing publicity, denouncing Hollywood—made her unemployable.
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