Blessed Event

Sep 10, 1932

1h 20m

★ 6.5

Here it is! The scandalous comedy of a scandal columnist who rose FROM A KEYHOLE TO A NATIONAL INSTITUTION

Overview

A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Blessed Event Trailers

Cast

Alvin Roberts

Lee Tracy

Gladys Price

Mary Brian

Bunny Harmon

Dick Powell

Frankie Wells

Allen Jenkins

Miss Stevens

Ruth Donnelly

Mrs. Roberts

Emma Dunn

Sam Gobel

Edwin Maxwell

George Moxley

Ned Sparks

Mr. Miller

Walter Walker

Reilly

Frank McHugh

Emil

Herman Bing

Hanson

George Chandler

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

6.9

Sadie McKee

May 9, 1934

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

7.0

Love Affair

Apr 7, 1939

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

5.5

Emperor Jones

Sep 29, 1933

Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

5.8

She Done Him Wrong

Feb 9, 1933

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.