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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.
The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
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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The press room of Chicago’s Criminal Courts Building is buzzing with reporters covering the story of an escaped prisoner. When star reporter Hildy Johnson accidentally discovers the runaway ...
The Front Page. Ruthless newspaper editor Walter Burns and his crack ace reporter Hildy believe together they can cover any story. The only problem is that Hildy has decided to get married and leave the newspaper business altogether.
Adapted from the 1928 stage play, this comedy follows Hildy Johnson (Pat O'Brien), an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer (George E. Stone) escapes from...
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Oct 21, 2016 · Set in the wild and woolly Chicago of the 1920s, when men were men and newspaper men were animals, “The Front Page” is just about everybody’s favorite play about journalism.
