Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
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Based very loosely on Nathaniel West's Miss Lonelyhearts, Advice to the Lovelorn is a comedy-drama about a hotshot reporter (Lee Tracy) who is forced to become an advice columnist. Hiding behind a female nom de plume, the cynical Tracy dispenses fatuous advice and becomes quite popular. Ever… More Based very loosely on Nathaniel West's Miss Lonelyhearts, Advice to the Lovelorn is a comedy-drama about a hotshot reporter (Lee Tracy) who is forced to become an advice columnist. Hiding behind a female nom de plume, the cynical Tracy dispenses fatuous advice and becomes quite popular. Ever seeking an extra buck, Tracy agrees to promote a shady line of pharmaceutical products in his column--a move that has tragic consequences when Tracy's mother (Jean Adair) dies thanks to bad medicinal drugs. With the aid of his girlfriend (Sally Blane) and his bucolic "leg man" (Sterling Holloway), a chastened Tracy brings the crooked drug dealers to justice. Beaten to a pulp by the criminals, Tracy nonetheless survives to get married (wrapped in surgical bandages!) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alfred L. Werker
- Written By
- Leonard Praskins
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 26, 1935 Wide
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Cast
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Lee Tracy
as Toby Prentiss
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Sally Blane
as Louise Boley
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Sterling Holloway
as Benny
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Jean Adair
as Mrs. Prentiss
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Paul Harvey
as Gaskell
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Matt Briggs
as Richards
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Isabel Jewell
as Rose
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Ruth Fallows
as Miss Howell
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May Boley
as Miss Lonelyhearts
- Etienne Girardot
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C. Henry Gordon
as Kranz
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Charles Lane
as Circulation Manager
- Paul Harvey (I)
