News Is Made at Night (1939)
Directed by Alfred L. Werker
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Newspaper editor Steve Drum (Preston Foster) is willing to pull any dirty trick in the book to boost his rag's circulation. Drums's latest escapade is to blame a former criminal, now a respected politician, for a series of murders. Once the damage has been done, Drum puts on his "crusader" hat and stirs up enough public sympathy to save the politician from the electric chair. Only he's been forced to eat a few heaping helpings of humble pie does Drum redeem himself in the eyes of his long-suffering star reporter Maxine Thomas (Lynn Bari). Real-life newspapermen were mildly amused with the liberties taken in this fanciful "stop the presses" seriocomedy.
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arguing, city, convict, criminal, editor, execution, false-accusation, investigation, investigator, journalism, love, news, newspaper, official, reporter, romance, sinister, strife
