‘The Talk of the Town’ opens in U.S. 70 years ago today (1942)


Video: 'The Talk of the Town' (clip)

(Thursday, August 20, 1942)The Talk of the Town, a film about an escaped prisoner and a stuffy law professor who vie for the hand of a spirited schoolteacher, opened today in the U.S.

Directed by George Stevens, the film stars Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman and Rex Ingram.