Scandal Street
Cast & Crew
James Hogan
Lew Ayres
Louise Campbell
Roscoe Karns
Porter Hall
Edgar Kennedy
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Synopsis
Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor Austin Brown, who, unknown to his wife, is engaged in a moneymaking scheme with James Wilson. Ada Smith and her friends spread gossip about the innocent relationship between Brown and Nora. One of Nora's staunch defenders is neighboring schoolgirl Wilma "Willie" Murphy, who tells tall tales and, because of her curly hair and clumsiness, is mercilessly teased by her schoolmates. One night, Nora warns Brown that, according to information that she found at the library, the business he is starting is against a postal law. Later, Brown receives a telegram from the post office informing him that Wilson's plan is a fraud. Brown demands his $2,500 investment back from Wilson. When Nora goes to Brown's house to retrieve her glasses, she finds him dead on the floor. Brown's wife Birdie finds her by the body and accuses her of murder. Joe returns to find Nora in jail, and because of the cruel gossip surrounding her, the district attorney promises he will do his best to prove her guilt. Willie, who hates Wilson because he has been courting her mother Maybelle, digs up a pair of Wilson's gloves she was using, and gives them to Joe as evidence. During the trial, Wilson incriminates himself by saying that he killed Brown because Brown threatened to call the police if he did not return his money. Nora is released, the gossipmongers are proven wrong and Willie gets back at her friends when Nora and Joe help straighten her hair.
Director
James Hogan
Cast
Lew Ayres
Louise Campbell
Roscoe Karns
Porter Hall
Edgar Kennedy
Elizabeth Patterson
Cecil Cunningham
Virginia Weidler
Lucien Littlefield
Jan Duggan
Laraine Johnson
Lois Kent
George Offerman Jr.
Esther Howard
Fern Emmett
Carl "alfalfa" Switzer
Louise Beavers
Archie Twitchell
Jane Keckley
Scotty Groves
James Aubrey
Harriette Haddon
Pietro Sosso
Jack Winn
Art Rowlands
Joyce Oliver
Mary Frances Mcfarland
Sally Harper
Patty Thomas
Dorothy Babb
Buster Slaven
Bobby Caldwell
Bob Duncan
Otis Harlan
Wade Boteler
Robert Brister
Oscar Smith
James Burtis
Dorothy Vernon
Mae Busch
Carol Holloway
Ethel Clayton
Gloria Williams
Paula De Cardo
Helaine Moler
Carol Parker
Rebecca Wassem
Gwen Kenyon
Virginia Pound
Margaret Randall
Alma Ross
Terry Ray
Dorothy White
Marion Weldon
Crew
Franz Bachelin
Vera Caspary
Hans Dreier
William Fox
A. E. Freudeman
William Lebaron
Edward T. Lowe
Bertram Millhauser
Boris Morros
Walter Oberst
Henry Sharp
James Smith
George Templeton
Eddie Welch
Paul Wing
Adolph Zukor
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Notes
The working title of the film was They Knew What Happened. Screen Achievements Bulletin records that a dispute in October 1937 over writer credits occurred because Bertram Millhauser felt that as Eddie Welch only contributed "a few lines" to the script, he did not deserve screen credit. Paramount supported Welch, noting that "Mr. Welch is entitled to his credits on the script as he added laughs and good lines," although he did only 7% of the script. The file notes that Millhauser withdrew his protest because he felt that it was "not a case of justice but politics." This picture marked the film debut of Laraine Johnson, who later changed her name to Laraine Day.
