Robert Armstrong

Carole Lombard

Louis Payne

Wade Boteler

Charles Sellon

Sam Hardy

Tom Kennedy

Warner Richmond

Helen Ainsworth

Herbert Clark

Gertrude Sutton

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Vernon Steele

Clarence Wilson

Fred Behrle

Colin Chase

Robert Dudley

Lew Ayres

James Donlan

Lynton Brent

Richard Cramer

Harry Semels

Gregory La Cava

Ralph Block

Marty Santell

Norbert Brodine

Doane Harrison

Edward C. Jewell

John J. Mescall

George S. Brooks

Walter DeLeon

Jack Jungmeyer

Mystery

Comedy

Crime

Big News

Pathé Exchange

United States of America

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Robert Armstrong ("Steve") is a reporter at a busy newspaper where he spends much of his time drinking or nursing an hangover. His behaviour is testing the patience not just of his bosses, but of his wife Margaret (a feisty Carole Lombard) who works for another newspaper and for some reason is still keen on him. When he finds himself on the wrong end of a murder investigation, she must help him track down the true culprit. The thing about this film is the dialogue - it is relentless and after a while becomes quite irritating and largely humourless. Sure, it deals with alcoholism (and it's side effects) in a way that the code would soon discourage, but as he comes across as somewhat odious and the whole pace, though frenetic as you might expect in a 1920s newspaper office, goes nowhere fast for the vast majority of the film. Even the last fifteen minutes - in which everything of note occurs - doesn't really lift it. I just found myself a bit bored by it all and it seemed longer than it's 75 minutes.

English