The Woman Racket is an extant 1930 American Pre-Code talking film directed by Robert Ober and Albert H. Kelley and starring Tom Moore and Blanche Sweet.[1] It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was written by Albert Shelby Le Vino, based on the 1928 Broadway play Night Hostess by Philip Dunning. In January 2012 the film became available on DVD from the Warner Archive Collection home library.[2][3][4] It was one of Blanche Sweet’s three talking films.
Plot
Cast
- Tom Moore as Tom Hayes
- Blanche Sweet as Julia Barnes Hayes
- Sally Starr as Buddy
- Robert Agnew as Rags Conway
- John Miljan as Chris Miller
- Tenen Holtz as Ben
- Lew Kelly as Tish
- Tom London as Hennessy
- Eugene Borden as Lefty
- Richard Travers as Frank Wardell
See also
References
- ^ “The Woman Racket”. American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
- ^ “Obituary: Blanche Sweet, Film Actress”. The New York Times. September 7, 1986. p. 42.
Miss Sweet’s three talkies were “Always Together” (1929), “The Woman Racket” and “The Silver Horde,” (both 1930).
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ “Night Hostess – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB”. www.ibdb.com. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
External links
- The Woman Racket at IMDb
- The Woman Racket at the TCM Movie Database (archived)