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The Whole Town's Talking 1926 Directed by Edward Laemmle

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Adventure , Comedy , Romance , War
Production Company Universal Pictures
Release Date 26 December 1926
70 mins
Cast
Edward Everett Horton Chester Binney
Virginia Lee Corbin Ethel Simmons
Trixie Friganza Mrs. George Simmons
Otis Harlan George Simmonns
Robert Ober Donald Montallen
Aileen Manning Mrs. Van Loon
Hayden Stevenson Tom O'Brien
Margaret Quimby Sadie Wise
Dolores del Río Rita Renault - Movie Star
Malcolm Waite Jack Shields
Mathilde Comont Maid (scenes deleted)