Blessed Event

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Blessed Event
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Written by	Howard J. Green
Based on	Blessed Event 1932 play by Manuel Seff and Forrest Wilson
Starring	Lee Tracy Mary Brian
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	James Gibbon
Music by	Frank Marsales
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Release date	September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Blessed Event is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Lee Tracy as a newspaper gossip columnist who becomes entangled with a gangster. The Tracy character (Alvin Roberts) was reportedly patterned after Walter Winchell, famous gossip columnist of the era. The film marked Dick Powell's film debut.