I'll Tell the World
HISTORY IS MADE- and TRACY MAKES IT!
NR 1934 · 77 min · ★ 7.0 · Romance, Comedy
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
Directed by Edward Sedgwick · Written by Lincoln Quarberg
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Lee Tracy Stanley Brown -
Gloria Stuart Jane Hamilton -
Roger Pryor William S. Briggs -
Onslow Stevens Prince Michael -
Alec B. Francis Grand Duke Ferdinand -
Willard Robertson Hardwick -
Lawrence Grant Count Strumsky -
Leon Ames Spud Marshall -
Wilhelm von Brincken Joseph -
Craig Reynolds Aviator -
Herman Bing Adolph -
Dorothy Granger Brown's Girlfriend - the Dancer
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