A Girl with Ideas (1937)
Girl with Ideas was Universal Pictures' version of MGM's matchless Libeled Lady. Wendy Barrie plays a society girl miffed at the bad press she's been getting in a local newspaper. Unable to convince publisher Walter Pidgeon to cease and desist, Barrie takes her case to court. She wins not only the case but the newspaper itself, whereupon Pidgeon uses his sneakiest journalistic wiles to force new editor Kent Taylor into bankruptcy. Though plainly derivative of earlier heiress vs. editor epics, Girl with Ideas was praised for its originality by contemporary critics. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Wendy Barrie, Walter Pidgeon, (more)
- Director(s):
- S. Sylvan Simon
Synopsis of A Girl with Ideas
Girl with Ideas was Universal Pictures' version of MGM's matchless Libeled Lady. Wendy Barrie plays a society girl miffed at the bad press she's been getting in a local newspaper. Unable to convince publisher Walter Pidgeon to cease and desist, Barrie takes her case to court. She wins not only the case but the newspaper itself, whereupon Pidgeon uses his sneakiest journalistic wiles to force new editor Kent Taylor into bankruptcy. Though plainly derivative of earlier heiress vs. editor epics, Girl with Ideas was praised for its originality by contemporary critics. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Girl with Ideas
- Wendy Barrie - Mary Morton
- Kent Taylor - Frank Barnes
- George Barbier - John F. Morton
- Henry Hunter - William Duncan
- George Humbert - Toni
- Harry Allen - Janitor
- Sidney Bracey - Secretary
- Douglas Carter - Uniformed Messenger
- Charles "Heinie" Conklin - Street Sweeper
- Drew Demarest - Hill
- James Farley - Private Policeman
- Pat Flaherty - Motorcycle Cop
- Jack Gardner - Reporter
- Sherry Hall - Jury Foreman
- Bob McClung - Newsboy
- Art Yeoman
- Jimmie Lucas - Tom
- Bobby Watson - Vendor
- Monte Vandergrift - Truck Driver
- Matty Roubert - Messenger Boy
- Edward McWade - Judge
- William Lundigan - Herman
- Fay Helm - Genevieve
- Walter Pidgeon - Micky McGuire
- Dorothea Kent - Isabelle Foster
- Ted Osborn - Pete Dailey
- Samuel S. Hinds - Rodding Corter
- Norman Willis - Hanlon
- Billy Bletcher - McKenzie
- Thomas Braidon - Butler
- George Cleveland - Malladay
- Jack Daley - Traffic Officer
- Fern Emmett
- Michael Fitzmaurice - Reggie
- Otto H. Fries - Policeman
- Edward Gargan - Eddie
- Sheila Darcy - Girl
- Robert Dalton - Greg
- Robert Spencer - Charlie
- George Ovey - Bookkeeper
- Anthony Warde - Gangster
- Charles Sullivan - Waiter
- Frances Robinson - Maggie
- Horace McMahon - Al
- Sam Hayes - Wallie Waldron
- Director(s):
- S. Sylvan Simon
- Writer(s):
- Bruce Manning, Robert T. Shannon
- Producer(s):
- Edmund Grainger
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