A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
Acting
Lee Tracy's motor-mouth energy invented fast-talking dirtbags.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp it could slice through a libel suit.
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Lee Tracy
Alvin Roberts
Mary Brian
Gladys Price
Dick Powell
Bunny Harmon
Allen Jenkins
Frankie Wells
Ruth Donnelly
Miss Stevens
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Roberts
Edwin Maxwell
Sam Gobel
Ned Sparks
George Moxley
Walter Walker
Mr. Miller
Frank McHugh
Reilly
Herman Bing
Emil
George Chandler
Hanson
Jesse De Vorska
Morris Shapiro
Tom Dugan
Dick Cooper
Robert Gordon
Eddie (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely based on real gossip columnist Walter Winchell, who loved the film so much he became friends with Lee Tracy. The snake ate its own tail.
The 'Blessed Event' title refers to celebrity pregnancies—Alvin's bread and butter. The Hays Code arrived months later and killed this kind of moral rot dead.
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