Important News
1936 | 10m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Edwin Lawrence |
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| Staring: |
| In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's front page. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 29, 1936 |
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| Director: | Edwin Lawrence |
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| Keywords | newspaper, gangster, witness to murder, hometown, newspaper editor, ridicule, local newspaper, witnesses, gangland killing |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Charles 'Chic' Sale | Elmer 'Scoop' Stevens |
| James Stewart | Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens |
| Granville Bates | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| Billy Dooley | Zeke (uncredited) |
| Al Herman | Moe (uncredited) |
| Louis Natheaux | Albert 'Pretty Face' Wilson (uncredited) |
| Charles Trowbridge | Ed Rollins (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Edwin Lawrence | Director |
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