Exclusive (1937)

Storyline:

Exclusive 1937 The story of a big city crusading newspaper editor, Tod Swain Charles Ruggles,who placed principle and honest journalism ahead of life itself, only to have his own daughter, Vina Swain Frances Farmer, undo his work Charles Gillette Lloyd Nolan, a corrupt politician, sets out to wreak vengeance on Swains reformist newspaper, by establishing his own scandal sheet, yellow journalism tabloid which he uses for muck raking and blackmail purposes He tries to lure Swain and his best reporter, Ralph Houston Fred MacMurray by offering them highly tempting salaries, but they both remain loyal to the large circulation paper they had help build When Vina, sweetheart of Houston, hears of this she is furious Unable to understand the principles of her father and sweetheart, she accepts the position of investigative reporter on Gillettes paper She soon becomes the newspaper sensation of the town Gillette uses her ability to dig up, of the past, a story of one of the towns most respected merchants causing him to commit suicide Swains publisher forces him to write the story of the suicide Sticking to his principle of clean and accurate journalism, he begins the story with the dramatic sentence Tonight, my daughter killed a man When Vinas usefulness becomes outlived by Gillette, he decides to have her put out of the way, fearful that she will reveal the extent of his corruption