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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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.
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.
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