
Newsboys' Home
Newsboys' Home is a 1938 crime film that starred Jackie Cooper and The Little Tough Guys.
Plot
When his father, a small town sheriff, is slain by a big city gangster, "Rifle" Edwards becomes a homeless vagabond, drifting from town to town. Arriving broke and hungry in a large metropolis, he seeks food and shelter at the Newsboys' Home, where the kids force him to fight an amateur bout with the champ, Danny Shay, before he can eat. When Rifle knocks Danny out, the country boy is accepted into the gang of newsies. He goes to work selling the Globe, which is published by Howard Price Dutton, the founder and benefactor of the home. When Dutton dies, his daughter Gwen becomes the new publisher. Globe reporter Perry Warner is in love with Gwen, but they quarrel over her ideas about turning the Globe into a highbrow paper. Perry warns Gwen that she will ruin the paper, but she is stubborn and refuses to listen.
More details
author | Gordon Kahn |
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director | Harold Young |
editor | Philip Cahn |
genre | crime |
keywords | big city crooked politician drift married small town sheriff street fight turn |
musicBy | Frank Skinner |
producer | Ken Goldsmith |
productionCompany | Universal Pictures |
publisher | Universal Pictures |