The Last Edition

1925
Passed
1h 10m

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The assistant foreman of the San Francisco Chronicle press-room, Tom MacDonald is passed over for the post of foreman in favor of a younger man. He gains satisfaction, though, when his son, ... Read allThe assistant foreman of the San Francisco Chronicle press-room, Tom MacDonald is passed over for the post of foreman in favor of a younger man. He gains satisfaction, though, when his son, Ray, obtains a good job in the district attorney's office. Reporter Clarence Walker, in lo... Read allThe assistant foreman of the San Francisco Chronicle press-room, Tom MacDonald is passed over for the post of foreman in favor of a younger man. He gains satisfaction, though, when his son, Ray, obtains a good job in the district attorney's office. Reporter Clarence Walker, in love with MacDonald's daughter, Polly, is sent to obtain evidence against notorious bootlegg... Read all

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6.2/10

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Awards
- 1 win

Trivia
Prominently displayed on the wall of San Francisco Police Chief Daniel J. O'Brien are three photos of his real-life son, George O'Brien.

Goofs
During the restoration process, while being translated back into English, MISSION Street became MILLION Street in a couple inserts.

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6/10

Nicely Done Newspaper Drama

Ralph Lewis is disappointed not to get the top spot in the printing room of the paper he works on; that goes to 'new blood' Tom O'Brien. But he's pleased when his son, newly minted lawyer Ray Hallor goes to work in the District Attorney's office. Then corrupt ADA Cuyler Supplee frames Hallor with a pay-off from the rum runners.

There is some nice location shooting in San Francisco, not only the setting shots, but the alleys, a plating sequence, and a well-shot fire amidst all the chazzerai of the denouement. It's a movie in which the movie-goer has seen all the elements before, but it's put together very well.

Lewis is well cast in the lead role. Alas, it was pretty much a peak in a movie career that began in 1912. In sounds, he was reduced to secondary roles in B westerns, and walk-ons in A pictures... but the directors remembered him and kept him working. He died in a road accident in 1937 at the age of 65.