''The Final Edition'' is a 1932 American
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Howard Higgin
Howard Higgin (February 15, 1891 - December 16, 1938) was an American screenwriter, writer and film director, director of motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.
Biography
After graduating from the Pratt Institute, Higgin began working at the arc ...
and starring
Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien may refer to:
Politicians
* Pat O'Brien (Canadian politician) (born 1948), member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Pat O'Brien (Irish politician) (c. 1847–1917), Irish Nationalist MP in the United Kingdom Parliament
Others
* Pat O' ...
,
Mae Clark
Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz; August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in ''Frankenstein'', and for being o ...
and
Morgan Wallace
Morgan Wallace (born Maier Weill, July 26, 1881 – December 12, 1953) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1946, including W.C. Fields' '' It's a Gift'' (1934) Introduction by Arthur Knight where he ...
.
Made by
Columbia Pictures
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, it is based on a story by Roy Chanslor.
[Langman p.127]
Synopsis
The squabbling
city editor
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and a hotshot female
reporter
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eventually join forces to try and bring down a major crime syndicate, responsible for the murder of the new
police commissioner.
Cast
*
Pat O'Brien Pat O'Brien may refer to:
Politicians
* Pat O'Brien (Canadian politician) (born 1948), member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Pat O'Brien (Irish politician) (c. 1847–1917), Irish Nationalist MP in the United Kingdom Parliament
Others
* Pat O' ...
as Sam 'Brad' Bradshaw
*
Mae Clarke
Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz; August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in ''Frankenstein'', and for being o ...
as Ann Woodman
*
Morgan Wallace
Morgan Wallace (born Maier Weill, July 26, 1881 – December 12, 1953) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1946, including W.C. Fields' '' It's a Gift'' (1934) Introduction by Arthur Knight where he ...
as Neil Selby
*
Bradley Page
Bradley Page (September 8, 1901 – December 8, 1985) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1931 and 1943.
Selected filmography
* '' Sporting Blood'' (1931) - Eddie Frazier (uncredited)
* ''X Marks the Spot ...
as Sid Malvern
*
Mary Doran
Mary Doran (September 8, 1910 – September 6, 1995) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 80 films from 1927 to 1944.
Biography
Doran was born in New York and attended public schools there before graduating and going to Colum ...
as Patsy King
*
James Donlan
James Donlan (July 23, 1888 – June 7, 1938) was an American actor. Born in San Francisco, California, Donlan appeared in 107 films between 1929 and 1939. He was the father of actress Yolande Donlan.
On June 7, 1938, Donlan died, aged 49, from ...
as Freddie
*
Phil Tead
Phillips Tead (September 29, 1893 – June 9, 1974) was an American character actor in film and television, sometimes billed as Phil Tead.
Biography
Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1893, among his many roles, Tead might be best reme ...
as Dan Cameron - Reporter
*
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an Irish-American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best remembered as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in '' The Public En ...
as Police Lieutenant Daniels
*
Bertha Mann
Bertha Mann (October 21, 1893 – December 20, 1967) was an American stage and film actress.
Early life
Mann was born in Atlanta, Georgia."Raymond Griffith to Wed Actress" ''New York Times'' (January 4, 1928): 31. via ProQuest She trained as a ...
as Jane Conroy
*
Wallis Clark
Wallis Hensman Clark (2 March 1882 – 14 February 1961) was an English stage and film actor.
Biography
Clark was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England, the son of William Wallis Clark (1854 - 1930), an engineer. Prior to acting, Clark was an en ...
as Police Commissioner Jim Conroy
*
Lydia Knott
Lydia Knott (October 1, 1866 – March 30, 1955) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1937.
Biography
Knott was born in Tyner, Indiana, the daughter of Lambert and Clarissa K ...
as Jim Conroy's Mother
*
Bill Elliott
William Clyde Elliott (born October 8, 1955), also known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville, Million Dollar Bill, or Wild Bill is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competes full time in the Camping World Superstar Raci ...
as Reporter
*
Harry Holman
Harry James Holman (March 15, 1862 – May 3, 1947) was an American character actor. He appeared in approximately 130 films between 1923 and 1947.
Biography
Born in Conway, Missouri, Holman dropped out of school in the ninth grade and b ...
as Harry - Newspaperman
*
Hal Price
Harry Franklin "Hal" Price (June 24, 1886 – April 15, 1964) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1930 and 1952. He is the father of character actress and comedian Lu Leonard.
On stage, Price ...
as Dave - Bradshaw's Assistant
*
Harry Strang
Harry Strang (December 13, 1892 – April 10, 1972) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 500 films and television shows between 1929 and 1965. On Broadway, Strang appeared in ''The Girl in the Train'' (1910).
Primarily a characte ...
as First Selby Hood
*
Kit Guard
Kit Guard (born Christen Klitgaard May 5, 1894 - July 18, 1961) was a Danish-American actor whose career started in the 1920s.
Guard left his birthplace of Hals, Denmark, around the turn of the 20th century, one of five brothers to do so. He m ...
as Second Selby Hood
References
Bibliography
* Langman, Larry. ''The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996''. McFarland & Company, 1998.
External links
1932 films
Columbia Pictures films
American crime drama films
American black-and-white films
1932 crime drama films
Films directed by Howard Higgin
Films about journalism
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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