
The Famous Ferguson Case
Crime · Drama
Overview
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
Top Cast


Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell
Maizie Dickson
Joan Blondell
Maizie Dickson


Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell
Martin Collins
Grant Mitchell
Martin Collins


Vivienne Osborne
Vivienne Osborne
Mrs. Marcia Ferguson
Vivienne Osborne
Mrs. Marcia Ferguson


Adrienne Dore
Adrienne Dore
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin
Adrienne Dore
Antoinette 'Toni' Martin


Tom Brown
Tom Brown
Bruce Foster
Tom Brown
Bruce Foster


Kenneth Thomson
Kenneth Thomson
Bob Parks
Kenneth Thomson
Bob Parks


Leslie Fenton
Leslie Fenton
Perrin
Leslie Fenton
Perrin


Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Brooks
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Brooks


Walter Miller
Walter Miller
Cedric Works
Walter Miller
Cedric Works


Purnell Pratt
Purnell Pratt
George M. Ferguson
Purnell Pratt
George M. Ferguson
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