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Overview
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Director and cast
- Tay Garnett Director
- Lew Ayres as Larry Wayne
- Maureen O'Sullivan as Sheila Barton
- Louis Calhern as Mileaway Russell
- Edward Arnold as Duke Morgan
- Walter Catlett as City Editor aka 'Lucille'
- Alan Dinehart as Roger Jones
- Henry Armetta as Sam
- Charles Dow Clark as Obituary Editor
- Emerson Treacy as Jerry Robbins
- Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Herbert Wright
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