The Whole Town's Talking
Directed by Edward Laemmle
Plot
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.
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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)