Rod La Rocque

Reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from a man who threatens suicide to protest social ills. The letter startsets a social movement, and she hires out-of-work actor John Willoughby to take on the role of “John Doe”.

Meet John Doe -- A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously... but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.

In this charming fantasy, three wealthy old friends find themselves without company on Christmas Eve. To make the evening less lonely, they each toss a wallet out the window of their extravagant Manhattan townhouse, hoping to find a few honest passersby for their dinner party. Would-be crooner James Houston (Richard Carlson) and warm-hearted working girl Jean Lawrence (Jean Parker) find two of the billfolds and promptly return them. The young guests are immediately attracted to each other, and the elderly philanthropists do all they can to spark a romance between the pair, creating a lasting friendship amongst the entire group. When the three men are tragically killed in a plane crash, their spirits linger in order to ensure Jean and James remain together.