The Whole Town's Talking
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
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Edward Everett Horton
Chester Binney![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/yf75lIGtaBhkRrcbTEQvFwHdJUN.jpg)
Virginia Lee Corbin
Ethel Simmons![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4BDX5PJ9LFpPC02fBn25Nm7qLc0.jpg)
Trixie Friganza
Mrs. George Simmons![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/52f8iXnnQW8iCsO5HzEBtUGHz5X.jpg)
Otis Harlan
George Simmonns![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/hWQXHCl3BAqI8IycpkY749e0z3Y.jpg)
Robert Ober
Donald Montallen![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/r1FYMvreUY6IdE4OmHMFYoymusV.jpg)
Aileen Manning
Mrs. Van Loon![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wTK7268u3kpQKcxW9gbWzisKfXw.jpg)
Hayden Stevenson
Tom O'Brien![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/j5pmx9kZiLkJNTekIkEAlhUzTLc.jpg)
Margaret Quimby
Sadie Wise![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/wH6xClLg5dkaJEgpSneASQrRVZ8.jpg)
Dolores del Río
Rita Renault - Movie Star![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/t87UppsC6eXbhMrcWIgFI11jspi.jpg)
Malcolm Waite
Jack Shields![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/vZJuXAkjpLGrhkhnkbAaFHLdOKK.jpg)
Mathilde Comont
Maid (scenes deleted)