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Okay, America!

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Okay, America!
Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan
Directed byTay Garnett
Written byWilliam Anthony McGuire
Scott Pembroke
Produced byCarl Laemmle, Jr.
StarringLew Ayres
Maureen O'Sullivan
Louis Calhern
Edward Arnold
Akim Tamiroff
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byArthur Charles Miller
Music byAlfred Newman
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 8, 1932 (1932-09-08)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Okay, America! (sometimes referred to as Okay America) is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell. Directed by Tay Garnett, the film stars Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan.[1]

Plot

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Larry Wayne is gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, Daily Blade, and he also is the host of a radio program called "Okay, America". When Ruth Drake, the daughter of wealthy politician, is kidnapped, Jones, the chief editor of the Daily Blade chooses Wayne to cover the story.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
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