After failing to be re-elected, politician Blake Washburn returns home and becomes editor of the local newspaper. When he notices the influence the paper has on the public, he uses it to appeal to potential voters in the next election.
Home Town Story 1951 HD | Romance & drama film directed by Arthur Pierson | Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, and Alan Hale, Jr
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Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election to the state legislature. He takes over his uncle’s newspaper to take on big business as an enemy of the people. When tragedy strikes, Blake must re-examine his views.
Home Town Story is a 1951 American drama film directed by Arthur Pierson (director) and starring Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, and Alan Hale, Jr.. The film features Marilyn Monroe in a small, early role. The film was backed by General Motors to promote the virtues of big business.
Plot Summary
Jeffrey Lynn plays a defeated politician who takes over as editor of a small town newspaper in an effort to get himself elected. His campaign is intended to be a continuing expose of the evils of big industry, and his strategy is to publish daily investigations of industrial skullduggery and pollution. Marilyn Monroe, listed as one of the film’s stars, actually plays a very small bit as Iris Martin, the shapely office secretary.
On a school outing to an abandoned mine, Jeffrey Lynn’s little sister is trapped in the collapse of a mine tunnel, and the town’s industries come to her rescue. After little sister is rescued and flown in a company plane to the big city, Lynn has a change of heart and recognizes that the industrial towns-people are actually doing their best to help their fellow citizens.
Cast
- Jeffrey Lynn as Blake Washburn
- Donald Crisp as John MacFarland
- Marjorie Reynolds as Janice Hunt
- Alan Hale Jr. as Slim Haskins
- Marilyn Monroe as Iris Martin
- Barbara Brown (actress) as Mrs. Washburn
- Melinda Plowman as Katie Washburn
- Renny McEvoy as Leo, the Taxi Driver
- Glenn Tryon as Ken Kenlock
- Byron Foulger as Berny Miles
- Griff Barnett as Uncle Cliff Washburn
- Virginia Campbell as Phoebe Hartman
- Harry Harvey (actor) as Andy Butterworth
- Nelson Leigh as Dr. Johnson
- Speck Noblitt as Motorcycle officer
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