Blessed Event

Alvin Roberts feuds with singer Bunny Harmon. Roberts reports on society people who are expecting a "blessed event", i.e. going to have a child. One such report antagonizes a gangster in a delicate situation, who sends over a henchman to threaten him. Roberts manages to turn the tables on the gangster. The character of Bunny Harmon is a parody of Rudy Vallee, as both of them sing and play saxophone, and Vallee's band was called the Connecticut Yankees, while Harmon's is the Green Mountain Boys, a reference to another New England state, Vermont. The feud between Roberts and Harmon is a parody of the real-life (contrived) feud between Walter Winchell and bandleader Ben Bernie. ==Cast==

• Lee Tracy as Alvin Roberts • Mary Brian as Gladys Price • Dick Powell as Bunny Harmon • Allen Jenkins as Frankie Wells • Ruth Donnelly as Miss Stevens • Emma Dunn as Mrs. Roberts • Edwin Maxwell as Sam Goebel • Ned Sparks as George Moxley • Walter Walker as Mr. Miller • Frank McHugh as Reilly • Herman Bing as Emil • George Chandler as Hanson (uncredited) • Isabel Jewell as Dorothy Lane (uncredited) ==References==