Hold That Girl (1934)
"That girl" is newspaper sob-sister Tony Bellamy (Claire Trevor), whose nose for news gets her into one jam after another, especially when she poses as an exotic dancer to get the goods on a gangster.
Top billed cast
James DunnBarney Sullivan
Claire TrevorTonie Bellamy
Alan EdwardsTom Mallory
Gertrude MichaelDorothy Lamont
John DavidsonAckroyd
Robert McWadeMcCloy
Effie EllslerGrandmother
Jay WardWarren
Lucille BallGirl (uncredited)
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