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1936

0h 10m

6.6(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's front page.

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7 members

Acting

Charles 'Chic' Sale

Elmer 'Scoop' Stevens

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James Stewart

Cornelius 'Corn' Stevens

Acting

Granville Bates

Sheriff (uncredited)

Acting

Billy Dooley

Zeke (uncredited)

Acting

Al Herman

Moe (uncredited)

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Louis Natheaux

Albert 'Pretty Face' Wilson (uncredited)

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Charles Trowbridge

Ed Rollins (uncredited)

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