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The Woman Racket is an extant 1930 Pre-Code talking film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet. It is based on a 1928 Broadway play, Night Hostess by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive collection home library. It was one of Blanche Sweet's three talking films. An example of the pre-Code dialogue in the film:
Tom: Julia, see that star up there?
Julia: Tom! Every man I've known has tried to show me that star up there.
Original Release
01/24/1930
US Release
01/24/1930
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tom Moore | Tom |
| Blanche Sweet | Julia |
| Sally Starr | Buddy |
| Robert Agnew | Rags |
| John Miljan | Chris |
| Tenen Holtz | Ben |
| Lew Kelly | Tish |
| Tom London | Hennessy |
| Eugene Borden | Lefty |
| Jack Byron | Duke |
Directors
Albert H. Kelley, Robert Ober, Paul Bern
Writers
Philip Dunning, Frances Dunning, Fred Niblo Jr.
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Tom Moore | Tom |
| Blanche Sweet | Julia |
| Sally Starr | Buddy |
| Robert Agnew | Rags |
| John Miljan | Chris |
| Tenen Holtz | Ben |
| Lew Kelly | Tish |
| Tom London | Hennessy |
| Eugene Borden | Lefty |
| Jack Byron | Duke |
| Nita Martan | Rita |
| Richard Travers | Wardell |
| Ann Dvorak | Chorus Girl |
| Fred Kelsey | Police Captain |
| Wilbur Mack | The Mayor |
| Leo White | Oscar - the Chef |
