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The Hollywood Reporter (film)

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The Hollywood Reporter
Directed byBruce Mitchell
Written byGrover Jones
Produced byPeter Kanellos
StarringFrank Merrill
Peggy Montgomery
Charles K. French
Production
company
Hercules Film Productions
Distributed byHercules Film Productions
Ideal Films (UK)
Release date
  • January 1926 (1926-01)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Hollywood Reporter is a 1926 American silent crime drama film directed by Bruce Mitchell and starring Frank Merrill, Peggy Montgomery and Charles K. French.[1][2]

Synopsis

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Corrupt city boss Hymie During, running for election, tries to gain the support of the editor of the Hollywood Morning Express by blackmailing him over time he had once served in prison. The editor gets his top reporter Billy Hudson, who is in love with his daughter, to try and dig up evidence against During.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Munden p.358
  2. ^ Connelly p.363

Bibliography

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  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998. ISBN 9780913204368
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997. ISBN 9780520209695
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