catskewl: catskewl: ”The Finger Points”, 1931, First National & Vitaphone film,
catskewl: catskewl: ”The Finger Points”, 1931, First National & Vitaphone film, starring Richard Barthelmess, Regis Toomey and Fay Wray. The voice on the phone: “Listen you! This is a friend of yours, and I’m wising you up! The fingers on you! They’re goin’to get you this time sure. Even a reporter can’t get away with the stuff you’ve been pulling.” Reporter: ”What! – say look here! They can’t kill a reporter. Why there’s a million readers behind me and a million dollars to back me up. The “Press” would bust this town wide open and all you cheap mobsters would fall out through the cracks. They can’t kill a reporter, I tell you, they can’t!” Top: J. Willis Sayre collection, write-ups from the New Movie Magazine, 1931. Happy birthday, Richard Barthelmess, May 9, 1895. -- source link