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Headline Shooter is a 1933 American pre-Code drama about the life of a newsreel photographer. Director Otto Brower intertwined the screenplay written by Agnes Christine Johnston, Allen Rivkin, and Arthur Kober, with actual newsreel footage of natural and man-made disasters.
"Headline Shooter" is a quick-moving, entertaining little film with excellent use of contemporary newsreel footage. A hotshot independent newsreel cameraman (Gargan), always on the prowl for a great story, crosses paths and falls in love with a newspaper columnist (Dee).
Headline Shooter: Directed by Otto Brower. With William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy, Jack La Rue. The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
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- Adventure, Crime, Drama
- Otto Brower
- 1933-07-28
Headline Shooter is really zippy, barely over an hour, and the cast is well and fun. Though it’s an RKO production, it tussles between journalism mores and the frenetic street-level worries like an accomplished Warner Bros social justice picture.
Joe Campbell’s review published on Letterboxd: Never as good as its best moments (which are few and far between) but it opens with a hell of a spicy pre-code innuendo and does feature a couple of a attention-grabbing action bits.
- Otto Brower
Jul 13, 2019 · Headline Shooter 1933 1h 0m Drama List Reviews A cameraman on location to film an earthquake becomes romantically involved with a young woman he meets.
- Drama
1 ★★★★★ rating (2%) ★★★★★. Popular reviews. More. ★★★. William Gargan and Frances Dee were great. This time Jack La Rue is a baddie with an accent. Compelling story and characters. Spoiler Alert: Ralph Bellamy doesn't get the girl. ★★½.
