The Whole Town's Talking

Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to his hometown, and there his former employer, George Simmons, attempts to arrange a match between Chester (who is to inherit a fortune) and his daughter Ethel. Ethel, however, finds Chester unexciting as a lover; and to enliven the affair, the father invents a lurid past for the boy by displaying a signed photograph of Rita Renault, a famous movie star. Rita, accompanied by her jealous husband, Jack Shields, arrives in the town for a personal appearance. By chance, Jack discovers the photograph of Rita, presumably the property of Chester, and when he sees his wife kissing Chester, a running fight ensues.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1926-12-26
Run time: 70 minute / 1:10
Director: Edward Laemmle
Production Company : Universal Pictures
Production Country: United States of America

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Edward Everett Horton
as Chester Binney
Virginia Lee Corbin
as Ethel Simmons
Trixie Friganza
as Mrs. George Simmons
Otis Harlan
as George Simmonns
Robert Ober
as Donald Montallen
Aileen Manning
as Mrs. Van Loon
Hayden Stevenson
as Tom O'Brien
Margaret Quimby
as Sadie Wise
Dolores del Río
as Rita Renault - Movie Star
Malcolm Waite
as Jack Shields
Mathilde Comont
as Maid (scenes deleted)
Writing
Ernst Bach Theatre Play
John Emerson Theatre Play

Directing
Edward Laemmle Director

Writing
Anita Loos Theatre Play
Franz Arnold Theatre Play
Raymond Cannon Adaptation

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