Robert Ober Albert H. Kelley Paul Bern (uncredited)[citation needed]
Written by
Philip Dunning (based on his play Night Hostess)
Produced by
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Starring
Blanche Sweet
Cinematography
J. Peverell Marley
Edited by
Anton Stevenson Basil Wrangell
Music by
William Axt
Distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
January 24, 1930 (1930-01-24)
Running time
70 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
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.[1][2][3][4] It was one of Blanche Sweet's three talking films.
^"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).
^The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
^The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Woman Racket
^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.
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