Okay, America!
1932 film
- September 8, 1932 (1932-09-08)
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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]
Plot
Larry 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
- 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
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
External links
- Okay, America! at IMDb
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Films directed by Tay Garnett
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- Celebrity (1928)
- The Flying Fool (1929)
- Oh, Yeah! (1929)
- Her Man (1930)
- Officer O'Brien (1930)
- Bad Company (1931)
- Prestige (1932)
- One Way Passage (1932)
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- Destination Unknown (1933)
- S.O.S. Iceberg (1933)
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- Professional Soldier (1935)
- She Couldn't Take It (1935)
- Love Is News (1937)
- Slave Ship (1937)
- Stand-In (1937)
- Joy of Living (1938)
- Trade Winds (1938)
- Eternally Yours (1939)
- Slightly Honorable (1939)
- Seven Sinners (1940)
- Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
- My Favorite Spy (1942)
- Bataan (1943)
- The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
- Mrs. Parkington (1944)
- The Valley of Decision (1945)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
- Wild Harvest (1947)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- The Fireball (1950)
- Soldiers Three (1951)
- Cause for Alarm! (1951)
- One Minute to Zero (1952)
- Main Street to Broadway (1953)
- The Black Knight (1954)
- Seven Wonders of the World (1956)
- A Terrible Beauty (1960)
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- The Delta Factor (1970)
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- Timber Tramps (1975)
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