Advice to the Lovelorn

Advice to the Lovelorn is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Lee Tracy, Sally Blane, Paul Harvey and Sterling Holloway. The film was released on December 1, 1933, by United Artists.^[1][2][3] It is based on the novel Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West with a number of changes made.

Advice to the Lovelorn
Directed by	Alfred L. Werker
Written by	Leonard Praskins
Based on	Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Lee Tracy Sally Blane Paul Harvey Sterling Holloway C. Henry Gordon Isabel Jewell
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Edited by	Allen McNeil
Music by	Alfred Newman
Production company	Twentieth Century Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 1, 1933 (1933-12-01)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

After Los Angeles reporter Toby Prentiss angers his editor by missing a major story due to being in a drunken stupor, he is assigned as punishment to take over the role of the retiring "Miss Lonelyhearts" advice column. Enraged but contractually-bound, Prentiss tries to get himself deliberately fired by writing a string of replies that offend conventional morality. Instead he proves to be a major success and becomes a syndicated national columnist. This causes considerable difficulties with his girlfriend Louise.

Cast

• Lee Tracy as Toby Prentiss
• Sally Blane as Louise
• Paul Harvey as Gaskell
• Sterling Holloway as Benny
• C. Henry Gordon as Kane
• Isabel Jewell as Rose
• Jean Adair as Mrs. Prentiss
• Clay Clement as Joseph C. Douglas, District Attorney
• May Boley as Miss Lonelyhearts
• Matt Briggs as Richards
• Judith Wood as Cora
• Jimmy Conlin as California Booster
• Adalyn Doyle as Miss Curtis
• Ruth Fallows as Miss Howell
• Wade Boteler as Federal Detective
• Thomas E. Jackson as Federal Detective
• Charles Lane as Circulation Manager
• George Dobbs as Reporter
• Tom Herbert as Reporter
• Franklyn Ardell as Reporter
• Wilfred Lucas as Reporter
• Wilbur Mack as Reporter
• William H. Turner as Reporter
• John Vosper as Reporter
• Billy Wayne as Reporter
• Bonnie Bannon as Girl

References

1. "Advice To The Lovelorn". TV Guide. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
2. "Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 8, 2014.
3. "Movie Review - Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) Lee Tracy and Sally Blane in a Picture Relating the Experiences of an Agony Column Editor". The New York Times. Retrieved October 8, 2014.

External links

• Advice to the Lovelorn at IMDb