The Woman Racket
| The Woman Racket | |
|---|---|
| Directed by |
Robert Ober Albert H. Kelley Paul Bern(uncredited) |
| Produced by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| Written by | Philip Dunning (play Night Hostess) |
| Starring | Blanche Sweet |
| Music by | William Axt |
| Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
| Edited by |
Anton Stevenson Basil Wrangell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release dates | January 24, 1930 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Women Racket is an extant 1930 pre-Code talking film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet. It is based on a 1928 Broadway play, Night Hostess by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive collection home library.[1][2][3][4]
One of three Blanche Sweet talking films.
Example of Pre-Code dialogue in the film:
- Tom: Julia, see that star up there?
- Julia: Tom!, every man I've known has tried to show me that star up there.
Cast
- Tom Moore - Tom Hayes
- Blanche Sweet - Julia Barnes Hayes
- Sally Starr - Buddy
- Robert Agnew - Rags Conway
- John Miljan - Chris Miller
- Tenen Holtz - Ben
- Lew Kelly - Tish
- Tom London - Hennessy
- Eugene Borden - Lefty
- Jack Byron - Duke(*as John Byron)
- Nita Martan - Rita(her scenes deleted)
- Richard Travers - Frank Wardell
unbilled
- Ann Dvorak - Chorus Girl
- Fred Kelsey - Police Captain
- Wilbur Mack - The Mayor
- Leo White - Oscar the Chef
See also
References
- ↑ "Obituary: Blanche Sweet, Film Actress". The New York Times. September 7, 1986. p. 42.
Miss Sweet's three talkies were "Always Together" (1929), "The Woman Racket" and "The Silver Horde," (both 1930).
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Woman Racket
- ↑ Night Hostess, Broadway play upon which The Woman Racket is based, at the Martin Beck Theatre, September 12, 1928 to December 1928; IBDb.com