Blessed Event (1932) | |
| Director(s) | Roy Del Ruth |
| Producer(s) | |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Forbidden Hollywood, Gangsters, Reporters |
Featured Cast:
Blessed Event Overview:
Blessed Event (1932) was a Drama - Comedy Film directed by Roy Del Ruth .
SYNOPSIS
A keyhole-peeping columnist whose zest for unearthing short marriage-to-maternity spans among Broadway's notables brings him success in the tabloids. He thinks no one is exempt from his poison pen, but some sinister types intend to prove him dead wrong. Film debut for Powell. Based on a play by Manuel Seff and Forrest Wilson.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
.
BlogHub Articles:
Classic Films in Focus: BLESSED EVENT (1932)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jan 21, 2014 From Virtual ViragoAlthough it's billed as a comedy, Roy Del Ruth's Pre-Code picture, Blessed Event (1932), actually gets into some pretty dark territory, thanks to an amoral protagonist who earns fame and fortune by airing other people's secrets in a sleazy tabloid column. Like Red-Headed Woman (1932) and Baby Face (... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: BLESSED EVENT (1932)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jan 21, 2014 From Virtual ViragoAlthough it's billed as a comedy, Roy Del Ruth's Pre-Code picture, Blessed Event (1932), actually gets into some pretty dark territory, thanks to an amoral protagonist who earns fame and fortune by airing other people's secrets in a sleazy tabloid column. Like Red-Headed Woman (1932) and Baby Face (... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: BLESSED EVENT (1932)
By Jennifer Garlen on Jan 21, 2014 From Virtual ViragoAlthough it's billed as a comedy, Roy Del Ruth's Pre-Code picture, Blessed Event (1932), actually gets into some pretty dark territory, thanks to an amoral protagonist who earns fame and fortune by airing other people's secrets in a sleazy tabloid column. Like Red-Headed Woman (1932) and Baby Face (... Read full article
See all Blessed Event articles
Quotes from
Facts about
The film debut for Dick Powell.
The photograph that Lee Tracy shows to Allen Jenkins as he describes the torments of the electric chair is genuine. It shows Ruth Snyder at the very moment of electrocution in the chair in 1928 and was taken by a reporter with a hidden camera strapped to his ankle. Just as the switch was pulled he crossed his legs and took the shot.
read more facts about Blessed Event...
