Exposed

Glenda Farrell is a photographer for an evening paper. When she gets a shot of Otto Kruger in a flophouse, she triggers off a major lawsuit for the paper. He offers to settle for a smaller sum if Glenda can track down the daughter of a man murdered by Richard Lane's gang; his failure to get a conviction in the case triggered his slide. Glenda discovers the girl is dead, but she substitutes her room mate, Lorraine Krueger, an aspiring actress. Kruger falls for the gag, hands the check to Miss Krueger and goes back to work for the DA.

Miss Farrell is in fast-talking mode, a la Torchy Blaine, and as usual an absolute delight in this romantic comedy. It's a rare leading role for Kruger, who was in his 50s by the time this came out. It's not a great movie, just another Universal quickie directed by journeyman director Harold D. Schuster. It's the last of three movies by Schuster released that year.

Schuster had risen to Hollywood as an editor; he had done the cutting on SUNRISE. He ended his editing career in 1935 and turned director in 1937. His movies were not as distinguished as his editing and he wound up ending his career directing television in the 1960s. He died in 1986, less than a month shy of his 84th birthday.