The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)

1932-04-19 United States of America 74 Min. PG-13
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Overview

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.

Cast

Joan Blondell is Maizie Dickson
Maizie Dickson
Grant Mitchell is Martin Collins
Martin Collins
Vivienne Osborne is Mrs. Marcia Ferguson
Mrs. Marcia Ferguson
Adrienne Dore is Antoinette 'Toni' Martin
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin
Tom Brown is Bruce Foster
Bruce Foster
Kenneth Thomson is Bob Parks
Oscar Apfel is Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Walter Miller is Cedric Works
Cedric Works
Purnell Pratt is George M. Ferguson
George M. Ferguson
George Meeker is Jigger Bolton
Jigger Bolton