Five Star Final (1931)

FIVE STAR FINAL  (1931)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Mervyn LeRoy
    Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner,
    Anthony Bushnell, Frances Starr, Boris Karloff,
    Aline McMahon, Ona Munson, Oscar Apfel
Robinson plays the tough-talking editor of a big-city scandal sheet whose publisher doesn't care what they print or whose lives get ruined, as long as circulation keeps going up. A hard-hitting newspaper drama and a scathing indictment of the tabloid press. Karloff has a supporting role as an unscrupulous reporter. Released the same year Karloff made "Frankenstein" and a year after Robinson's breakout performance in "Little Caesar".