The Whole Town's Talking

The Whole Town's Talking

70 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance, War | Dec. 26, 1926

Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to his hometown, and there his former employer, George Simmons, attempts to arrange a match between Chester (who is to inherit a fortune) and his daughter Ethel. Ethel, however, finds Chester unexciting as a lover; and to enliven the affair, the father invents a lurid past for the boy by displaying a signed photograph of Rita Renault, a famous movie star. Rita, accompanied by her jealous husband, Jack Shields, arrives in the town for a personal appearance. By chance, Jack discovers the photograph of Rita, presumably the property of Chester, and when he sees his wife kissing Chester, a running fight ensues.

The Whole Town's Talking

70 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance, War | Dec. 26, 1926

The Whole Town's Talking
Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to his hometown, and there his former employer, George Simmons, attempts to arrange a match between Chester (who is to inherit a fortune) and his daughter Ethel. Ethel, however, finds Chester unexciting as a lover; and to enliven the affair, the father invents a lurid past for the boy by displaying a signed photograph of Rita Renault, a famous movie star. Rita, accompanied by her jealous husband, Jack Shields, arrives in the town for a personal appearance. By chance, Jack discovers the photograph of Rita, presumably the property of Chester, and when he sees his wife kissing Chester, a running fight ensues.
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Whole Town's Talking
Directors Edward Laemmle
Writers Ernst Bach, Franz Arnold, Raymond Cannon, John Emerson, Anita Loos

Cast

Edward Everett Horton

as Chester Binney

Virginia Lee Corbin

as Ethel Simmons

Trixie Friganza

as Mrs. George Simmons

Otis Harlan

as George Simmonns

Robert Ober

as Donald Montallen

Aileen Manning

as Mrs. Van Loon

Hayden Stevenson

as Tom O'Brien

Margaret Quimby

as Sadie Wise

Dolores del Río

as Rita Renault - Movie Star

Malcolm Waite

as Jack Shields

Mathilde Comont

as Maid (scenes deleted)