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King of the Newsboys( 1938)

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MEN IN THE MAKING But what kind of men grow out of the squalor of the tenements...from the sordid back alleys of the slums?

Overview

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Lew Ayres

      Jerry Flynn

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      Helen Mack

      Mary Ellen Stephens

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      Alison Skipworth

      Nora

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      Victor Varconi

      Wire Arno

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      Sheila Bromley

      Connie Madison

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      Alice White

      Dolly

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      Horace McMahon

      Lockjaw

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      William Benedict

      Squimpy

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      Ray Cooke

      Pussy

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      Jack Pennick

      Lefty

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      Mary Kornman

      Peggy

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      Gloria Rich

      Maizie

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      Oscar O'Shea

      Mr. Stephens

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      Marjorie Main

      Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)

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      Byron Foulger

      Gazette Owner (uncredited)

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      Howard Hickman

      Judge (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 20 2022
    There's actually quite a decent degree of chemistry between Lew Ayres ("Jerry") and Helen Mack ("Marry Ellen") in this otherwise unremarkable crime melodrama the sees her leave him for the tantalising life of gangster's moll. Can he win her back? Snag is, it's a bit all over the place - part thriller, part gangster film and part comedy - and the ingredients don't mix particularly effectively. Maybe had Richard Vorhaus just focussed his attention/intention a little bit more, this could have been quite a gripping little B-feature, but as it is, it's a slowly paced, limited action effort that fall...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • newspaper
    • gangster
    • hoodlum