Story of movie Good News 1930 Film : Good News is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film based on the 1927 stage production of the same name. It was directed by Nick Grinde. The cast included Bessie Love, Cliff Edwards and Penny Singleton. The film was shot in black-and-white, although the finale was in Multicolor. The surviving print lacks the finale; no footage is known to survive.
| Good News | |
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| Directed by | Nick Grinde |
| Starring | Bessie Love Cliff Edwards Penny Singleton |
| Cinematography | Percy Hilburn(*French) |
| Edited by | William LeVanway |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
By the 1940s, the original was not shown in the United States due to its Pre-Code content, which included sexual innuendo and lewd suggestive humor. Another film based on the musical, also called Good News, was released in 1947.
Screenplay
- Bessie Love as Dixie O'Day
- Cliff Edwards as "Pooch" Kearney
- Mary Lawlor as Connie Lane
- Stanley Smith as Tom Marlowe
- Gus Shy as Bobbie Randall
- Lola Lane as Patricia Bingham
- Thomas E. Jackson as Coach Bill Johnson
- Delmer Daves as Beef Saunders
- Billy Taft as Sylvester
- Frank McGlynn Sr. as Professor Kenyon
- Penny Singleton as Flo
- Helyn Virgil as Girl
- Vera Marshe as Blonde Girl
- List of early color feature films
- List of incomplete or partially lost films
