The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on April 16, 2023

As I have mentioned in an earlier post, this month the Turner Classic Movies cable channel is having a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Warner Bros. by having a marathon of movies made (or at least released) by the company. Among the lesser-ones being shown is LOVE IS A...   read more

True Classics Posted by on November 27, 2013

New York City gossip columnist Jimmy Russell (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) knows all the right people, and all the wrong ones, too. Being on the Broadway beat means he spends quite a bit of time at Sardi’s, especially with his lady of the moment, aspiring actress Mary Wodehouse (Frances Dee)–   read more

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on October 2, 2013

In Love is a Racket, quick drama-comedy from director William A. Wellman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. does his best Clark Gable impression (hint: his best is really good). True to Pre-code form, this movie is full of wise-cracks,manipulative dames, and one very serious crime with zero consequences. Jimmy   read more

Movie Classics Posted by Judy on November 19, 2011

Frances Dee and Douglas Fairbanks Jr Countless movies from the 1930s feature fast-talking, fast-living  journalists, armed with battered old typewriters, phones and bottles of whiskey. Some of these reporters are fearlessly determined to expose corruption at any cost. Others, however, are quite the   read more

Hollywood Revue Posted by Angela on November 15, 2011

It’s never a good idea to give too much of yourself in a relationship, and that’s a lesson newspaper columnist Jimmy Russell (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) is about to find out the hard way.  He’s in love with aspiring actress Mary Wodehouse (Frances Dee), and since he writes the Broadw   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on June 9, 2011

Love Is a Racket (1932). Directed by William A. Wellman. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Lyle Talbot, George Raft. Broadway gossip columnist Jimmy Russell, is in love with actress Mary Wodehouse, and writes about her in his column whenever he can. Mary, has left some bad checks around town and when   read more