The Night Mayor

Release Date: 1932-08-18

Overview: Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night life, sports, the theater, and an actress, Knapp. When scandal rocks his administration, Tracy has his girl friend marry Dillaway, a writer friend, so that the press will leave him alone.

Rating: 7 / 10

Cast

Lee Tracy

as Mayor Bobby Kingston

Evalyn Knapp

as Doree Dawn

Don Dillaway

as Fred Field

Eugene Pallette

as Hymie Shane

Vince Barnett

as Louis Mossbaum, Tailor