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The Front Page is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been adapted for the cinema several times. The play entered the public domain in the United States in 2024. [1]
The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. [3]
Dec 20, 1974 · The Front Page: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia. A ruthless editor tries to get his top reporter to cover one more crime story before retirement.
The Front Page: Directed by Lewis Milestone. With Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton. A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
Raucous, irreverent, and remarkably funny, THE FRONT PAGE is a landmark in cinema history a brilliantly orchestrated, high-speed satire that set the standard for the countless screwball comedies that followed in its wake.
Successful Chicago newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (Jack Lemmon) is hanging up his journalist's hat to marry Peggy Grant (Susan Sarandon). When his...
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Synopsis. The singular setting for The Front Page is the press room at the Chicago Criminal Courts Building in 1928. The room is particularly abuzz with anticipation of the imminent execution of Earl Wilson, a white man and alleged Communist convicted of murdering a black police officer.
Apr 4, 2015 · Chicago's ace reporter Hildy Johnson wants to quit newspaper work and get married, but his editor, Walter Burns, is determined to keep him on the job. Hildy refuses to talk to Walter, knowing his persuasive powers, so Walter sets off a fire alarm outside the apartment of Hildy's fiancée, Peggy Grant. Unable to resist, Hildy runs to the street ...
The Front Page. Ruthless newspaper editor Walter Burns (Walter Matthau) and his crack ace reporter Hildy (Jack Lemmon) believe together they can cover any story. The only problem is their team is being broken up as Hildy has decided to get married and leave the newspaper business altogether. Woot!
The Front Page is a 1931 American pre-Code screwball black comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien.
