Hot News (1928)
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Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun and causes Scoop Morgan, the paper's best cameraman, to quit in protest of the hiring of a woman. The Mercury hires Scoop, and there begins a heated rivalry between him and Pat. Pat gets a few lucky breaks and manages to get a beat on Scoop during her brief career. After she exposes the theft of a jewel from the turban of a visiting maharajah, she and Scoop are kidnapped by Clayton, the thief, and taken aboard his yacht. Rescued, she and Scoop find love and happiness.
- Release date
- July 14, 1928
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Bebe Daniels as Pat Clancy
- Neil Hamilton as Scoop Morgan
- Paul Lukas as James Clayton
- Alfred Allen as Michael Clancy
- Spec O'Donnell as Spec
- Ben Hall as Benny
- Mario Carillo as Maharajah
- Maude Turner Gordon as Mrs. Van Vleck
- Guy Oliver
- Dan Wolheim
Crew
- Clarence G. Badger · Director
- Monte Brice · Writer
- Lloyd Corrigan · Writer
- Grover Jones · Writer
- George Marion Jr. · Writer
- William Marshall · Cinematographer
- Tay Malarkey · Editor