Okay, America! | |
Director: | Tay Garnett |
Producer: | Carl Laemmle, Jr. |
Starring: | Lew Ayres Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Calhern Edward Arnold Akim Tamiroff |
Music: | Alfred Newman |
Cinematography: | William H. Daniels |
Editing: | Arthur Charles Miller |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Runtime: | 78 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Okay, America! (sometimes referred to as Okay America) is a 1932 American Pre-Code film, about a gossip columnist's rise to fame, based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell. Directed by Tay Garnett, the film stars Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan.[1]
Larry Wayne is gossip columnist for a New York newspaper, Daily Blade, and he also is the host of a radio program called "Okay, America". When Ruth Drake, the daughter of wealthy politician, is kidnapped, Jones, the chief editor of the Daily Blade chooses Wayne to cover the story.