by Hans J. Wollstein
review
Lee Tracy was almost as famous as Spencer Tracy in 1937, but not always for the right reasons. Tracy, Lee that is, had misbehaved on-location for MGM's Viva Villa back in 1934 and had been off the screen since. Behind the Headlines was a comeback of sorts and it remains typical Lee Tracy: fast-paced and with a plot that doesn't bear too much scrutiny. But audiences kind of like Tracy, who talks faster than James Cagney and wears his hats exactly how a Hollywood reporter is supposed to. Unfortunately, he is ill served by Behind the Headlines, a rather humdrum crime caper, that, frankly, created very few headlines itself.
