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Hot News (1928)

Directed by Clarence G. Badger

Overview

Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun and causes Scoop Morgan, the paper’s best cameraman, to quit in protest of the hiring of a woman. The Mercury hires Scoop, and there begins a heated rivalry between him and Pat. Pat gets a few lucky breaks and manages to get a beat on Scoop during her brief career. After she exposes the theft of a jewel from the turban of a visiting maharajah, she and Scoop are kidnapped by Clayton, the thief, and taken aboard his yacht. Rescued, she and Scoop find love and happiness.

Length 72 minutes

Actors

Bebe Daniels | Neil Hamilton | Paul Lukas | Alfred Allen | Spec O'Donnell | Mario Carillo | Maude Turner Gordon | Ben Hall