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 |
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Blessed Event (1932) was a Drama - Comedy Film directed by Roy Del Ruth .
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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
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This movie was originally intended to star James Cagney.
The original Broadway show starred Roger Pryor as Alvin Roberts. In the film version, Isabel Jewell (in her film debut as Dorothy Lane), Allen Jenkins (as Frankie Wells) and Milton Wallace (as Joe Moskowitz) all recreated the roles they created on the stage.
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