Movie Drama
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Lew Ayres Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Calhern Edward Arnold Walter Catlett Alan Dinehart Henry Armetta Charles Dow Clark Emerson Treacy Marjorie Gateson Frank Sheridan Willard Robertson Rollo Lloyd Margaret Lindsay Gilbert Emery Virginia Howell Berton Churchill Ruth Lyons Frederick Burton Wallis Clark William Robert Daly Frank Darien Neely Edwards James Flavin Tay Garnett Al K. Hall Everett Hoagland Caryl Lincoln Onslow Stevens Akim Tamiroff
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