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Love Is News (1937)
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Love Is News (1937)

Romance, Comedy • 1h 17m

Overview

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

Director: Tay Garnett

Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville, Dudley Digges, Walter Catlett, Pauline Moore, Jane Darwell, Stepin Fetchit, George Sanders, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank Conroy, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Williams, Julius Tannen, George Humbert, Frederick Burton, Charles Coleman, Paul McVey, Carol Tevis, Edgar Dearing, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Sam Ash, Herbert Ashley, Lynn Bari, Jack Baxley, Wade Boteler, A.S. Byron, Jack Byron, Sterling Campbell, Eddy Chandler, Dorothy Christy, Davison Clark, Edward Cooper, Alan Davis, Harry Depp, John Dilson, Lester Dorr, Art Dupuis, Dot Farley, Sid Fields, Margaret Bert, Antonio Filauri, Paul Frawley, Dick French, Babe Green, Carlton Griffin, Sherry Hall, Harry Hayden, Gladden James, Al Jenson, Ray Johnson, Fred Kelsey, Leonard Kibrick, Joe Smith Marba, Etta McDaniel, Mugsy Meyers, Bruce Mitchell, Jack Mulhall, Paddy O'Flynn, George Offerman, Jr., Joe Ploski, Richard Powell, Arthur Rankin, Larry Steers, Charles Tannen, Maidel Turner, Emmett Vogan, Harry Watson, Lillian West

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77 mins

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Last Updated

2 months ago

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