Blessed Event
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| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Written by | Howard J. Green |
| Based on |
Blessed Event by Manuel Seff and Forrest Wilson |
| Starring |
Lee Tracy Mary Brian |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Blessed Event is a 1932 comedy-drama film starring Lee Tracy as a newspaper gossip columnist who becomes entangled with a gangster. The Tracy character (Alvin Roberts) was reportedly patterned after Walter Winchell, famous gossip columnist of the era.
In this film, Alvin Roberts feuds with Bunny Harmon (played by Dick Powell), a singer. Roberts reports on society people who are expecting, i.e. going to have a child. One such report antagonizes a gangster in a delicate situation, who sends over a henchman to threaten him. Roberts manages to turn the tables on the gangster. The film was Dick Powell's film debut.
Cast
- Lee Tracy as Alvin Roberts
- Mary Brian as Gladys Price
- Allen Jenkins as Frankie Wells
- Ruth Donnelly as Miss Stevens
- Ned Sparks as George Moxley
- Dick Powell as Bunny Harmon
- Edwin Maxwell as Sam Goebel
- Emma Dunn as Mrs. Roberts
- Isabel Jewell as Dorothy Lane (uncredited)
- George Chandler as Hanson
External links
- Blessed Event at the TCM Movie Database
- Blessed Event at the Internet Movie Database