The Woman Racket
1930 film
- January 24, 1930 (1930-01-24)
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The Woman 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] It was one of Blanche Sweet's three talking films.
Plot
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
- Richard Travers – Frank Wardell
See also
- Blanche Sweet filmography
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; accessed July 23, 2015.
External links
- The Woman Racket at IMDb
- Movie synopsis, allmovie.com
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