Love is a Racket (MOD)

Love is a Racket (MOD)New York Globe Columnist Jimmy Russell (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) prowls his Broadway beat, digging up the racy gossip his readers devour with their morning toast and cup of joe. It's a glamorous life until Jimmy's attempt to help his actress girlfriend (Francis Dee) out of a jam ends with him shoving a dead mobster over the balcony of a Manhattan penthouse. Director William A Wellman's illustrious filmography includes classic tales of crime (The Public

rescuing a friend falsely accused of gunning down a shady beauty-pageant promoter

potential nuclear meltdowns and economic breakdowns

But the camera snapping her beauty doesn`t capture the whole story

and you might recognize Jane Frazee

In a gender-bending performance that won the Oscar®

Max invites Mary to his film premiere and

or so she hopes

O'Malley and Mr Malone (1950)

Claudelle soon discovers that sin has its price in this Oscar®-nominated tale of a good girl gone bad

and when she gets you up there

787 in one scene alone

Aidan Quinn