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The Woman Racket is an extant 1930 Pre-Code talking film produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet. It is based on a 1928 Broadway play, Night Hostess by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive collection home library. It was one of Blanche Sweet's three talking films.

Plot

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Cast

• Tom Moore – Tom Hayes
• Blanche Sweet – Julia Barnes Hayes
• Sally Starr – Buddy
• Robert Agnew – Rags Conway
• John Miljan – Chris Miller
• Tenen Holtz – Ben
• Lew Kelly – Tish
• Tom London – Hennessy
• Eugene Borden – Lefty
• Richard Travers – Frank Wardell

See also

• Blanche Sweet filmography

References

1. "Obituary: Blanche Sweet, Film Actress". The New York Times. September 7, 1986. p. 42. Miss Sweet's three talkies were "Always Together" (1929), "The Woman Racket" and "The Silver Horde," (both 1930).
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Woman Racket
4. Night Hostess, Broadway play upon which The Woman Racket is based, at the Martin Beck Theatre, September 12, 1928 to December 1928; IBDb.com; accessed July 23, 2015.

External links

• The Woman Racket at IMDb
• Movie synopsis, allmovie.com

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