This is a very dark film that holds up remarkably well and shows how little has changed in the world of tabloid journalism and sensationalism. In order to sell more papers Edward G. Robinson's character is charged with following up on an old story of a woman who killed her boss twenty years earlier for refusing to marry her after getting her pregnant. The daughter born soon after the murder is now about to get married herself and has no idea about her origins or her mother's dark past. The newspaper shining a light on this family's dirty laundry has tragic consequences. I couldn't help but think of Princess Diana's death in 1997 while fleeing paparazzi.
Great direction by Mervyn LeRoy and a film that includes the iconic faces of Robinson and Boris Karloff.
23 to go...
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