The Woman Racket
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| Directed by | Robert Ober Albert H. Kelley Paul Bern (uncredited) |
| Written by | Albert Shelby Le Vino |
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| Produced by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| Starring | Blanche Sweet |
| Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley |
| Edited by | Anton Stevenson Basil Wrangell |
| Music by | William Axt |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Woman Racket is an extant 1930 American Pre-Code talking film directed by Robert Ober and Albert H. Kelley and starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet.[1] It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was written by Albert Shelby Le Vino, based on the 1928 Broadway play Night Hostess by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive Collection home library.[2][3][4] It was one of Blanche Sweet's three talking films.
Plot
[edit] | This article needs a plot summary. (January 2024) |
Cast
[edit]- Tom Moore as Tom Hayes
- Blanche Sweet as Julia Barnes Hayes
- Sally Starr as Buddy
- Robert Agnew as Rags Conway
- John Miljan as Chris Miller
- Tenen Holtz as Ben
- Lew Kelly as Tish
- Tom London as Hennessy
- Eugene Borden as Lefty
- Richard Travers as Frank Wardell
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "The Woman Racket". American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
- ↑ "Obituary: Blanche Sweet, Film Actress". The New York Times. September 7, 1986. p. 42.
Miss Sweet's three talkies were "Always Together" (1929), "The Woman Racket" and "The Silver Horde," (both 1930).
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ↑ "Night Hostess – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
External links
[edit]- The Woman Racket at IMDb
- The Woman Racket at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
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Categories:
- 1930 films
- American films based on plays
- American black-and-white films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- Films directed by Albert H. Kelley
- 1930 crime drama films
- American crime drama films
- 1930 American films
- 1930 English-language films
- Films scored by William Axt
- English-language crime drama films
- 1930s crime drama film stubs