Sunday, November 22, 2009

Star Reporter (1939), Howard Bretherton.


Sleazy criminal defense lawyer and crook go gut to gut.  Medium shots abound in this one.


A total misfire!  Titular young reporter is colossally clued out, leading to the greatest case of onscreen dramatic irony not counting any Three's Company episode.  How ironic, because the criminal whose case he is covering is in fact his long-lost father!  As they say in Mad Magazine: Blechh!  

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