Break the News

1938
1h 12m

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Two small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye: One of them will "disappear" in what looks l... Read allTwo small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye: One of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will sudde... Read allTwo small-time song-and-dance men come up with what they believe is a surefire publicity stunt, guaranteed to keep their names in the public eye: One of them will "disappear" in what looks like a murder, and the other will be convicted of the crime. Then the "dead man" will suddenly show up at his partner's murder trial. Unfortunately, things don't quite go as planned... Read all

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6.3/10

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- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Trivia
This film received its initial USA telecast Monday 5 February 1945 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1).

Connections
Referenced in Round the Film Studios: No 1: Pinewood Part 1 (1937)

Soundtracks
It All Belongs To You
Written by Cole Porter
Sung by Jack Buchanan

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A Possible Remake

There is a later film, made in the 1960s, that starred Dick Van Dyke and James Garner, which has a similar plot. It's called "The Art of Love", and deals with Van Dyke, as a painter, who disappears, so that Garner can spread the word that he may be dead. Suddenly the works of the "mysterious missing" Van Dyke become valuable, and Garner moves to swankier rooms (with swankier clothes and cars). Van Dyke gets angry, waiting for him to be able to reappear, but Garner keeps putting off the date. So Van Dyke arranges a new set of clues to frame Garner for his murder, intending to reappear only when his former friend's head is on the guillotine. But on the appointed day...well you have to be there to see it.