''Ladies Crave Excitement'' is a 1935 American
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comedy
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drama film
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released by
Mascot Pictures
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, directed by
Nick Grinde
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and starring
Norman Foster
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,
Evalyn Knapp
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and
Esther Ralston
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Early life and c ...
.
Plot
Don Phelan, the ace newsreel reporter, falls in love with Wilma Howell, the daughter of the owner of another newsreel company that is a bitter rival of the one Don works for. The rivalry, with cameramen jostling each other out of the way, acts of sabotage, and reporters fighting to get the 'scoop', does not bode well for the romance.
Cast
Soundtrack
Release
''Ladies Crave Excitement'' was released on
DVD
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on July 26, 2010. The film was again released on DVD on August 27, 2013.
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1935 films
1930s English-language films
1930s action comedy-drama films
1930s romantic comedy-drama films
1930s war comedy-drama films
American black-and-white films
American action comedy-drama films
American romantic comedy-drama films
American war comedy-drama films
English-language action comedy-drama films
Films about journalists
Films directed by Nick Grinde
Mascot Pictures films
Films produced by Nat Levine
1935 comedy films
1935 drama films
1930s American films
English-language romantic comedy-drama films
English-language war comedy-drama films
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