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Film / 1936
The President's Mystery
Directed by
Phil Rosen
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
The story
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent lawyer who shocks his snooty friends, family and colleagues by abruptly abandoning his successful practice and his wife to find true happiness. He soon falls in love with another woman and continues to keep a low profile until he learns that his first wife stands accused of murdering him
Cast
Henry WilcoxonJames Blake
Betty FurnessCharlotte Brown
Sidney BlackmerGeorge Sartos
Evelyn BrentIlka Blake
Barnett ParkerRoger
Mel RuickAndrew
Wade BotelerFloyd, the sheriff
Si JenksEarl
John WrayShane
Guy UsherPolice Lieutenant
Robert HomansSergeant
Arthur AylesworthJoe Reed
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Byron FoulgerSupporting Role
Harry AntrimInspector A.R. Lahey
Edward HearnMeeting Moderator (uncredited)
John InceGorman (uncredited)
Frank O'ConnorDetective (uncredited)
George MorrellBartender (uncredited)
Harry HarveyDiner Cashier (uncredited)
John HarringtonThug (uncredited)
John DilsonBanker (uncredited)
Theodore LorchTownsman (uncredited)
Horace B. CarpenterTownsman (uncredited)
Clifton YoungTownsman (uncredited)
Roy BarcroftTownsman (uncredited)
Clem BevansBus Passenger (uncredited)
Lester DorrTownsman (uncredited)
Lee FordTownsman (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.Phony Townsman (uncredited)
June JohnsonUndetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Lydia KnottUndetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
Mira McKinneyPhony Townswoman (uncredited)
Fred ParkerTownsman (uncredited)
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