Movie Details
Theatrical Release:May 25th, 1930
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
The Czar of Broadway (1930)
"AS THRILLING AS THE WAIL OF A POLICE SIREN"Movie
Plot
Mort Bradley New York political boss and underworld czar controls not only the citys most popular nightclub but also much of the press however the managing editor of the Times is determined to expose him Jay Grant a San Francisco reporter is assigned to investigate Mort who believes Jay to be a country boy and is delighted to see him fall in love with Connie Colton of whom Mort has tired Dismayed to learn that Jay is a reporter Mort plans to have his gunman Francis kill him but both Mort and Francis are shot by rival gangsters Jay believing that Mort will recover rushes to the newspaper with an exposé but while writing it he learns of Morts death and decides their friendship would not permit him to submit the story He leaves his paper and embarks on a new life with Connie
