Okay, America! (sometimes referred to as Okay America) is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell. Directed by Tay Garnett, the film stars Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan.[1]
| Okay, America! | |
|---|---|
 Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan | |
| Directed by | Tay Garnett |
| Written by | William Anthony McGuire Scott Pembroke |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle, Jr. |
| Starring | Lew Ayres Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Calhern Edward Arnold Akim Tamiroff |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Arthur Charles Miller |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editLarry Wayne is gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, Daily Blade, and he also is the host of a radio program called "Okay, America". When Ruth Drake, the daughter of wealthy politician, is kidnapped, Jones, the chief editor of the Daily Blade chooses Wayne to cover the story.
Cast
edit- Lew Ayres as Larry Wayne
- Maureen O'Sullivan as Sheila Barton
- Louis Calhern as Mileaway Russell
- Edward Arnold as Duke Morgan
- Walter Catlett as City Editor aka 'Lucille'
- Alan Dinehart as Roger Jones
- Henry Armetta as Sam
- Emerson Treacy as Jerry Robbins
- Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Herbert Wright
- Margaret Lindsay as Ruth Drake
- Akim Tamiroff as Bit role (uncredited)
References
edit- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
External links
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