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Love Is a Racket: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ann Dvorak, Frances Dee, Lee Tracy. A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue beholden to a penthouse gangster.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- William A. Wellman
- 1932-06-18
Love Is a Racket (UK title: Such Things Happen) is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic comedy-drama film, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Ann Dvorak. The movie was written by Courtney Terrett from the novel by Rian James, and directed by William A. Wellman.
Broadway gossip columnist Jimmy Russell is in love with young, ambitious actress Mary Wodehouse, and promotes her in his column whenever he can. Mary has written some bad checks, but before Jimmy can make arrangements for her to pay them off, gangster Eddie Shaw buys them back.
- William A. Wellman
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Unpunished murder, my friends. The good old fashioned kind.Stanley interjects in a moment of realization, “Well, I’ll be a double jointed son of a b… Belgian acrobat.”Let’s take a brief moment and ponder the mystery of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Affable, good looking, and all around a nice kind of guy, he’s always stood in the long shadow of his father, Douglas Fairbanks, the swashbuckler of the silent screen. While Senior gallantly rode off into the sunset in the early 30s, Junior became a charming screen star in h...
The inscrutable Movie Divaalso uses this one to talk about Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and William A. Wellman. Here’s her take on Fairbanks’ then-current popularity:
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue beholden to a penthouse gangster. Jimmy writes the 'Up and Down Broadway' column for the New York Globe, and he is head over heels for Mary. But Mary is more interested in her career and is looking at starring on Broadway with the help of Boncour.
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Love Is a Racket (1932) Directed by William A. Wellman Genres - Comedy , Crime , Drama , Romance | Sub-Genres - Romantic Comedy | Release Date - Jun 10, 1932 | Run Time - 72 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - TV-G
