Love Is a Racket
1932 film
- June 10, 1932 (1932-06-10)
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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.
Plot
In this drama based on Rian James' novel, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. plays a sophisticated Broadway gossip columnist. He finds himself smitten with Broadway starlet Frances Dee. However, her ties to a notorious gangster, who often covers her debts, complicates things. The plot thickens when Dee's aunt murders the gangster, prompting Dee to desert Fairbanks for a producer promising her a role in his upcoming play. Despite risking everything to save her, the columnist is left in solitude, reflecting on his heartbreak. Additionally, Lee Tracy, despite having a limited role in this movie, would soon become a cinematic icon as the epitome of the sharp-witted, rapid-fire journalist.[1]
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as James Russell
- Ann Dvorak as Sally Condon
- Frances Dee as Mary Wodehouse
- Lee Tracy as Stanley Fiske
- Lyle Talbot as Eddie Shaw
- Cecil Cunningham as Aunt Hattie Donovan
- Terrance Ray as Seeley
- Warren Hymer as Burney Olds
- André Luguet as Max Boncour (as Andre Luguet)
- George Beranger as Manager of Elizabeth Morgan's
- Gino Corrado as Sardi's Waiter
- George Ernest as Newsboy
- Harrison Greene as City Editor
- Eddie Kane as Sardi's Captain of Waiters
- John Larkin as Tod - Jimmy's Elevator Operator
- Matt McHugh as Stoney Davis
- Edward McWade as Messenger
- Charles R. Moore as Sam - Eddie's Elevator Operator
- Henry Otho as Police Sergeant in Eddie's Apartment
- Bob Perry as Tony, Burney's Henchman
- Lillian Worth as Girl
- George Raft as "Sneaky" (scenes deleted)[2]
References
External links
- Love Is a Racket at IMDb
- Love Is a Racket at AllMovie
- Love Is a Racket at the TCM Movie Database
- Love Is a Racket at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by William A. Wellman
- Second Hand Love (1923)
- The Man Who Won (1923)
- Big Dan (1923)
- Cupid's Fireman (1923)
- Not a Drum Was Heard (1924)
- The Vagabond Trail (1924)
- The Circus Cowboy (1924)
- When Husbands Flirt (1925)
- The Boob (1926)
- You Never Know Women (1926)
- The Cat's Pajamas (1926)
- Wings (1927)
- The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
- Ladies of the Mob (1928)
- Beggars of Life (1928)
- Chinatown Nights (1929)
- The Man I Love (1929)
- Woman Trap (1929)
- Dangerous Paradise (1930)
- Young Eagles (1930)
- Maybe It's Love (1930)
- Other Men's Women (1931)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- Night Nurse (1931)
- The Star Witness (1931)
- Safe in Hell (1931)
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- So Big (1932)
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- The Conquerors (1932)
- Frisco Jenny (1932)
- Central Airport (1933)
- Lilly Turner (1933)
- Heroes for Sale (1933)
- Midnight Mary (1933)
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
- Female (1933)
- College Coach (1933)
- Looking for Trouble (1934)
- Stingaree (1934)
- The President Vanishes (1934)
- Call of the Wild (1935)
- Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
- Small Town Girl (1936)
- A Star Is Born (1937)
- Nothing Sacred (1937)
- Men with Wings (1938)
- Beau Geste (1939)
- The Light That Failed (1939)
- Reaching for the Sun (1941)
- Roxie Hart (1942)
- The Great Man's Lady (1942)
- Thunder Birds (1942)
- Lady of Burlesque (1943)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
- Buffalo Bill (1944)
- This Man's Navy (1945)
- The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
- Gallant Journey (1946)
- Magic Town (1947)
- The Iron Curtain (1948)
- Yellow Sky (1948)
- Battleground (1949)
- The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
- The Happy Years (1950)
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
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- My Man and I (1952)
- Island in the Sky (1953)
- The High and the Mighty (1954)
- Track of the Cat (1954)
- Ring of Fear (1954)
- Blood Alley (1955)
- Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
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