Party Wire (1935);
The Defense Rests (1934)

Directed by Erie C. Kenton

Social media had nothing on the infamous “party wire,” which allowed nosy telephone customers to listen in on their neighbors’ conversations. When local gossips misconstrue information thus obtained to mean that Marge Oliver (Arthur) has been knocked up and abandoned by a suitor, only the upright intervention of a local dairy magnate exposes the gossips and restores the possibility of love and honor.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Robert North. Screenwriter: Ethel Hill, John Howard Lawson. Cinematographer: Allen Siegler. Editor: Viola Lawrence. Cast: Jean Arthur, Victor Jory, Helen Lowell, Robert Allen, Charley Grapewin.

35mm, b/w, 69 min.