The Night Mayor (1932)
He put the IT in politics!
65 min
Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night life, sports, the theater, and an actress, Knapp. When scandal rocks his administration, Tracy has his girl friend marry Dillaway, a writer friend, so that the press will leave him alone.
- Release date
- August 18, 1932
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Lee Tracy as Mayor Bobby Kingston
- Evalyn Knapp as Doree Dawn
- Don Dillaway as Fred Field
- Eugene Pallette as Hymie Shane
- Vince Barnett as Louis Mossbaum, Tailor
- Warren Hymer as Riley
- Astrid Allwyn as Patsy
- Barbara Weeks as Nutsy
- Gloria Shea as Gwen
- Wade Boteler as Grogan
Crew
- Benjamin Stoloff · Director
- Samuel Marx · Writer
- Gertrude Purcell · Writer
- Ted Tetzlaff · Cinematographer
- Maurice Wright · Editor