No Marriage Ties (1933)
Directed by J. Walter Ruben
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
A boozy newspaper reporter is booted out of his job for drinking too much. A few fateful twists later, he becomes partners with a talented advertising executive and opens a business. The former reporter proves to have a killer's instinct and all the morals of a shark. Under his helm, the business thrives, but his personal life falls to ruin when his fiancee kills herself. Returning to the sanctuary of alcohol, he drinks himself blind and jeopardizes the career he worked so hard to build.
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advertising-executive, alcoholism, anchorperson, fiancee, going-straight, love, one-against-odds, partner, redemption, romance, suicide, unemployment