Okay, America!

Okay, America!
Lew Ayres and Maureen O'Sullivan
Directed by	Tay Garnett
Written by	William Anthony McGuire Scott Pembroke
Produced by	Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Starring	Lew Ayres Maureen O'Sullivan Louis Calhern Edward Arnold Akim Tamiroff
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Arthur Charles Miller
Music by	Alfred Newman
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 8, 1932 (1932-09-08)
Running time	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]

Plot

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.

Cast

• Lew Ayres as Larry Wayne
• Maureen O'Sullivan as Sheila Barton
• Louis Calhern as Mileaway Russell
• Edward Arnold as Duke Morgan
• Walter Catlett as City Editor aka 'Lucille'
• Alan Dinehart as Roger Jones
• Henry Armetta as Sam
• Emerson Treacy as Jerry Robbins
• Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Herbert Wright
• Margaret Lindsay as Ruth Drake
• Akim Tamiroff as Bit role (uncredited)

References

1. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

External links

• Okay, America! at IMDb