King of the Newsboys (1938)

4.8/10 • 65 min • Drama Romance

Overview

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistake she made by leaving him--he starts up a newspaper distribution business that is soon the biggest in the city, but things don't turn out exactly the way he wanted them to.

Cast

Lew Ayres

Jerry Flynn

Helen Mack

Mary Ellen Stephens

Alison Skipworth

Nora

Victor Varconi

Wire Arno

Sheila Bromley

Connie Madison

Alice White

Dolly

Horace McMahon

Lockjaw

William Benedict

Squimpy

Jack Pennick

Lefty

Mary Kornman

Peggy

Oscar O'Shea

Mr. Stephens

Marjorie Main

Mrs. Stephens (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Gazette Owner (uncredited)

Howard Hickman

Judge (uncredited)

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