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King of the Newsboys (1938)

MEN IN THE MAKING But what kind of men grow out of the squalor of the tenements...from the sordid back alleys of the slums?

Genre : Drama, Romance

Runtime : 1H 5M

Director : Bernard Vorhaus
Writer : Louis Weitzenkorn

Synopsis

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.

Actors

Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Jerry Flynn
Helen Mack
Helen Mack
Mary Ellen Stephens
Alison Skipworth
Alison Skipworth
Nora
Victor Varconi
Victor Varconi
Wire Arno
Sheila Bromley
Sheila Bromley
Connie Madison
Alice White
Alice White
Dolly
Horace McMahon
Horace McMahon
Lockjaw
William Benedict
William Benedict
Squimpy
Ray Cooke
Ray Cooke
Pussy
Jack Pennick
Jack Pennick
Lefty
Mary Kornman
Mary Kornman
Peggy
Gloria Rich
Gloria Rich
Maizie
Oscar O'Shea
Oscar O'Shea
Mr. Stephens
Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main
Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger
Gazette Owner (uncredited)
Howard Hickman
Howard Hickman
Judge (uncredited)

Crews

Bernard Vorhaus
Bernard Vorhaus
Director
Louis Weitzenkorn
Louis Weitzenkorn
Screenplay
Peggy Thompson
Peggy Thompson
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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