Movie Description
The Famous Ferguson Case
(1932)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Lloyd Bacon
- Editor : Howard Bretherton
- Cast : Joan Blondell,Grant Mitchell,Vivienne Osborne,Adrienne Dore,Tom Brown,Kenneth Thomson,Leslie Fenton,Oscar Apfel,Walter Miller,Purnell Pratt,Willard Robertson,George Meeker,Russell Hopton,George McFarland,Leon Ames,J. Carrol Naish,William Burress,Clarence Wilson,Russell Simpson,Kathrin Clare Ward,George Chandler,Spencer Charters,Dick Curtis,Mike Donlin,James Ellison,George Irving,Si Jenks,Allan Lane,Claire McDowell,Miriam Seegar
Cast
Maizie Dickson
Martin Collins
Mrs. Marcia Ferguson
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin
Bruce Foster
Bob Parks
Perrin
Mr. Brooks
Cedric Works
George M. Ferguson
Sheriff
Jigger Bolton
Rusty Callahan
Newsboy
Judd Brooks
Claude Wright
Dad Sipes
County Attorney
Banker Craig
Mrs. Martin - Toni's Mother
Depot Loafer (uncredited)
Fire Chief (uncredited)
O'Toole (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)
Reporter Lane (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Gas Station Man (uncredited)
Reporter (uncredited)
Brooks' Landlady (uncredited)
Mrs. Judd Brooks (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Famous Ferguson Case
Status Released
Release Information
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1932-04-19
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 14m
Production CompaniesFirst National Pictures
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
