Okay, America! | |
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![]() Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan | |
Directed by | Tay Garnett |
Written by |
William Anthony McGuire Scott Pembroke |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle, Jr. |
Starring |
Lew Ayres Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Calhern Edward Arnold Akim Tamiroff |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Arthur Charles Miller |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Okay, America! (sometimes referred to as Okay America) is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell. Directed by Tay Garnett, the film stars Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan. [1]
Larry Wayne is gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, Daily Blade, and he also is the host of a radio program called "Okay, America". When Ruth Drake, the daughter of wealthy politician, is kidnapped, Jones, the chief editor of the Daily Blade chooses Wayne to cover the story.
Okay, America! | |
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![]() Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan | |
Directed by | Tay Garnett |
Written by |
William Anthony McGuire Scott Pembroke |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle, Jr. |
Starring |
Lew Ayres Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Calhern Edward Arnold Akim Tamiroff |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Arthur Charles Miller |
Music by | Alfred Newman |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Okay, America! (sometimes referred to as Okay America) is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell. Directed by Tay Garnett, the film stars Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan. [1]
Larry Wayne is gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, Daily Blade, and he also is the host of a radio program called "Okay, America". When Ruth Drake, the daughter of wealthy politician, is kidnapped, Jones, the chief editor of the Daily Blade chooses Wayne to cover the story.