POLICE COURT (1932) Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney & Aileen Pringle | Drama | B&W

Police Court is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Henry B. Walthall, Leon Janney, Lionel Belmore, and King Baggot. Directed by Louis King and released by Monogram Pictures, the screenplay was adapted by Stuart Anthony from his story. Police Court features an all-star cast from the silent film era.

SYNOPSIS
A once great stage and screen actor (Henry B. Walthall) has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son (Leon Janney) is determined to see his father "make good" again.

A once popular actor, Nat Barry (played by Henry B. Walthall), is a has-been because of his alcoholism. The legendary film star is forced by necessity to take a job selling patent medicine at a traveling sideshow dressed in a costume as Abraham Lincoln. Having trouble staying sober, he is arrested and taken before a "police court" for drunken disorder. His teenage son, Junior Barry (played by Leon Janney), pleads on Barry's behalf and Judge Robert Webster (played by Edmund Breese) grants him a reprieve.

Junior is determined to see his father make good again, vowing to keep him off the bottle and on the screen. He attempts to get bit parts for Barry, but he has trouble delivering his lines on the movie set for the compassionate director, Henry Field (played by King Baggot).

CAST & CREW
Henry B. Walthall as Nat Barry
Leon Janney as Junior Barry
Lionel Belmore as Uncle Al Furman
King Baggot as Henry Field, movie director
Al St. John as Skid
Edmund Breese as Judge Robert Webster
Aileen Pringle as Diana McCormick
Walter James as Cappy Hearn
Al Bridge (credited as Alan Bridge)
Bud Osborne
Paul Panzer as movie actor
Natalie Joyce as actress

Directed by Louis King
Written by Stuart Anthony (story and screenplay)
Produced by I. E. Chadwick
Cinematography Archie Stout
Edited by Charles J. Hunt
Production company Chadwick Pictures
Distributed by Monogram Pictures
Release date February 20, 1932
Running time 63 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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