Big Town (1932 film) explained

Big Town
Director:	Arthur Hoerl
Producer:	Arthur Hoerl
Starring:	Lester Vail Frances Dade John Miltern
Cinematography:	Nick Rogalli
Editing:	Jack Miner
Studio:	Trojan Pictures
Distributor:	Trojan Pictures
Runtime:	57 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Big Town is a 1932 American crime film directed by Arthur Hoerl and starring Lester Vail, Frances Dade and John Miltern.^{[1] [2]} It was made by Hoerl's own Trojan Pictures in New York City along with another film The Shadow Laughs.^[3] A second feature, it was distributed in Britain by Universal Pictures.

Plot

A hard-drinking newspaper reporter plans to pay criminal for information about the mob, but finds the man murdered when he gets to the rendezvous.

Cast

• Lester Vail as James Wyley
• Frances Dade as Patricia Holman
• John Miltern as Frederick Holman
• Geoffrey Bryant as Bob Reilly
• Edith Broder as Mrs. Reilly
• Diane Bori as Etheline
• Alan Brooks as Chalmers
• Bernard Randall as Deipp
• Tom Hoirer as Knight
• A.J. Herbert as Butler
• Shannon Day as Telephone Operator
• Herschel Mayall as Banker
• James La Curto as Jose Romero
• Walter Armin as Tony Figaro
• Glorian Gray as Sob Sister
• Eddie Bauer as Manigan

Bibliography

• D'Ambrosio, Brian. Montana Entertainers: Famous and Almost Forgotten. Arcadia Publishing, 2019.
• Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008.
• Langman, Larry & Finn, Daniel. A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties. Greenwood Press, 1995.

Notes and References

1. D'Ambrosio p.21
2. Langman & Finn p.23
3. Koszarski p.302