Story of a small-town girl victimized by her gossiping neighbors.Story of a small-town girl victimized by her gossiping neighbors.Story of a small-town girl victimized by her gossiping neighbors.
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Charley Grapewin
- Will Oliver
- (as Charles Grapewin)
Maidena Armstrong
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Herbert Ashley
- Townsman at Meeting
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Bay
- Rebecca
- (uncredited)
Dolly Bevins
- Townswoman
- (uncredited)
Sammy Blum
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Edward W. Borman
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaCharley Grapewin and Clara Blandick, who appear in this film, also appeared together in Phù Thủy Xứ Oz (1939), as Uncle Henry and Auntie Em.
- GoofsThe wire regarding Matthew's arrival is dated in June, but the calendars in Paul's office have either 28 or 31 days (consistent with January and February 1935).
- Quotes
Opening Subtitle: PARTY WIRE - means in America one telephone line shared by several subscribers in the same locality for economy's sake. It has however the disadvantage that it enables the various parties to *listen-in* to one another's conversation.
- SoundtracksThe Train's a-Comin' (Goodbye My Lover, Goodbye)
(uncredited)
Traditional folk song
Sung a cappella at various times by Charley Grapewin, Victor Jory and Jean Arthur
Featured review
Small town gossip via a party wire wrecks havoc on girl's life...
PARTY WIRE is a quaint mixture of comedy and drama as small town gossip plays havoc with an innocent girl's life through a misunderstanding when her father (CHARLEY GRAPEWIN) exchanges a questionable phone conversation with her boyfriend. The boyfriend says he's leaving town, while Grapewin threatens him with a gun and tells him he has to "straighten out the mess you left my daughter in." Naturally, the town gossips jump to the wrong conclusion and all hell breaks loose.
JEAN ARTHUR is delightful as the girl who sees her reputation torn to shreds--first, when she loses her bank job and then disqualified from winning the $200 first prize at the flower show by the malicious woman (CLARA BLANDICK) who spread the gossip. VICTOR JORY is the town's most eligible, wealthiest bachelor who has a yen for Jean while being pursued by the young ladies for his money--and it's his mother (HELEN LOWELL) who puts an end to the gossip by showing up at a town meeting and disclosing the hypocrisy of all those who jumped to the wrong conclusions.
It's very dated stuff (Osborne had to explain what a party line was to today's audience of cellphone users), and the situations are the kind seen in numerous other such small town comedies. But it's refreshing to see that there's at least a glimmer of chemistry between Jory (who usually played bad guys) and Arthur, although it's easy to see why he was better cast in villainous roles throughout most of his career.
Summing up: A pleasant item, extremely dated but likely to find some appeal for JEAN ARTHUR's fans who enjoy her in this sort of thing.
JEAN ARTHUR is delightful as the girl who sees her reputation torn to shreds--first, when she loses her bank job and then disqualified from winning the $200 first prize at the flower show by the malicious woman (CLARA BLANDICK) who spread the gossip. VICTOR JORY is the town's most eligible, wealthiest bachelor who has a yen for Jean while being pursued by the young ladies for his money--and it's his mother (HELEN LOWELL) who puts an end to the gossip by showing up at a town meeting and disclosing the hypocrisy of all those who jumped to the wrong conclusions.
It's very dated stuff (Osborne had to explain what a party line was to today's audience of cellphone users), and the situations are the kind seen in numerous other such small town comedies. But it's refreshing to see that there's at least a glimmer of chemistry between Jory (who usually played bad guys) and Arthur, although it's easy to see why he was better cast in villainous roles throughout most of his career.
Summing up: A pleasant item, extremely dated but likely to find some appeal for JEAN ARTHUR's fans who enjoy her in this sort of thing.
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- Los hilos del chisme
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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