The Final Edition (1932); Attorney for the Defense (1932)

January 6, 2014 - 7:30 pm

Billy Wilder Theater

The Final Edition (1932)

Directed by Howard Higgin

When the crusading local police commissioner is murdered, intrepid newspaperwoman Anne Woodman (Mae Clarke) uses her sleuthing skills, feminine wiles and a racy black bathing suit to go after the notorious racketeer responsible for the crime, securing both the scoop and the heart of her hot-tempered editor (Pat O’Brien) in this briskly wisecracking caper.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Screenwriter: Dorothy Howell. Cinematographer: Benjamin Kline. Editor: Jack Dennis. Cast: Pat O’Brien, Mae Clarke, Mary Doran, Bradley Page, Morgan Wallace.

35mm, b/w, 66 min.

Attorney for the Defense (1932)

Directed by Irving Cummings

After his court arguments send an innocent man to his death, remorseful prosecutor William J. Burton (Edmund Lowe) becomes a defense attorney and takes the wronged man’s son under his wing, but their bond is tested when Burton’s two-timing ex-lover (Evelyn Brent) surfaces. Her scheming seduction results in a dead body and a tense drama, as Burton struggles to atone for past mistakes.

Columbia Pictures Corp. Producer: Harry Cohn. Screenwriter: Jo Swerling. Cinematographer: Teddy Tetzlaff. Editor: Gene Havlick. Cast: Edmund Lowe, Evelyn Brent, Constance Cummings, Donald Dilloway, Bradley Page.

35mm, b/w, 70 min.

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The Final Edition (1932); Attorney for the Defense (1932)