Advice to the Lovelorn
1933 film
- December 1, 1933 (1933-12-01)
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Advice to the Lovelorn is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey and Sterling Holloway. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by United Artists.[1][2][3] It is based on the novel Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West with a number of changes made.
Plot
After Los Angeles reporter Toby Prentiss angers his editor by missing a major story due to being in a drunken stupor, he is assigned as punishment to take over the role of the retiring "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column. Enraged but contractually-bound, Prentiss tries to get himself deliberately fired by writing a string of replies that offend conventional morality. Instead he proves to be a major success and becomes a syndicated national columnist. This causes considerable difficulties with his girlfriend Louise.
Cast
- Lee Tracy as Toby Prentiss
- Sally Blane as Louise
- Paul Harvey as Gaskell
- Sterling Holloway as Benny
- C. Henry Gordon as Kane
- Isabel Jewell as Rose
- Jean Adair as Mrs. Prentiss
- Clay Clement as Joseph C. Douglas, District Attorney
- May Boley as Miss Lonelyhearts
- Matt Briggs as Richards
- Judith Wood as Cora
- Jimmy Conlin as California Booster
- Adalyn Doyle as Miss Curtis
- Ruth Fallows as Miss Howell
- Wade Boteler as Federal Detective
- Thomas E. Jackson as Federal Detective
- Charles Lane as Circulation Manager
- George Dobbs as Reporter
- Tom Herbert as Reporter
- Franklyn Ardell as Reporter
- Wilfred Lucas as Reporter
- Wilbur Mack as Reporter
- William H. Turner as Reporter
- John Vosper as Reporter
- Billy Wayne as Reporter
- Bonnie Bannon as Girl
References
- ^ "Advice To The Lovelorn". TV Guide. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ^ "Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ^ "Movie Review - Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) Lee Tracy and Sally Blane in a Picture Relating the Experiences of an Agony Column Editor". The New York Times. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
External links
- Advice to the Lovelorn at IMDb
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Films directed by Alfred L. Werker
- The Pioneer Scout (1928)
- The Sunset Legion (1928)
- Kit Carson (1928)
- Chasing Through Europe (1929)
- Blue Skies (1929)
- Double Cross Roads (1930)
- The Last of the Duanes (1930)
- Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
- Fair Warning (1931)
- Heartbreak (1931)
- The Gay Caballero (1932)
- Rackety Rax (1932)
- Hello, Sister! (1933)
- Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
- It's Great to Be Alive (1933)
- Gallant Lady (1934)
- The House of Rothschild (1934)
- You Belong to Me (1934)
- Stolen Harmony (1935)
- Love in Exile (1936)
- Wild and Woolly (1937)
- Big Town Girl (1937)
- We Have Our Moments (1937)
- City Girl (1938)
- Kidnapped (1938)
- Gateway (1938)
- Up the River (1938)
- It Could Happen to You (1939)
- News Is Made at Night (1939)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
- The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
- Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
- The Mad Martindales (1942)
- A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
- Whispering Ghosts (1942)
- My Pal Wolf (1944)
- Shock (1946)
- Repeat Performance (1947)
- Pirates of Monterey (1947)
- He Walked by Night (1948)
- Lost Boundaries (1949)
- Sealed Cargo (1951)
- Walk East on Beacon (1952)
- The Last Posse (1953)
- Devil's Canyon (1953)
- Three Hours to Kill (1954)
- At Gunpoint (1955)
- Canyon Crossroads (1955)
- Rebel in Town (1956)
- The Young Don't Cry (1957)
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