Both "Scandal for Sale" and "Five Star Final" were based on the 1920s' New York Evening Graphic, this one from a novel by the first editor, 5*Final from a play by his successor. The paper's Broadway gossip columnist Walter Winchell inspired "Blessed Event" and more.
A couple of familiar faces from other 1930s "Newspaper movies" : Pat O'Brien was Hildy Johnson in the original "Front Page" movie, then in "The Final Edition," "Hollywood Speaks" etc. Glenda Farrel was "Torchy Blaine" for most of that series, and a reporter in "Mystery of the Wax Museum," "Hi Nellie!" "Exposed" and maybe more.