Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1938 · 1h 5m

King of the Newsboys

Director

Cast

Lew Ayres as Jerry Flynn Helen Mack as Mary Ellen Stephens Alison Skipworth as Nora Victor Varconi as Wire Arno Sheila Bromley as Connie Madison Alice White as Dolly

Crew

Louis Weitzenkorn — Screenplay Peggy Thompson — Writer

Tagline

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?

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.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Bernard Vorhaus Director Louis Weitzenkorn Screenplay Peggy Thompson Writer

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