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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.
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.
- (3.5K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Lewis Milestone
- 1931-04-04
Digitally remastered movie The Front Page. This version is the US release of the movie. During the early days of sound movies they would often film a scene three different times utilizing different camera angles or takes.
A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.Director: Lewis MilestoneWriters: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur Sta...
- 100 min
- 58.5K
- Cult Cinema Classics
Chicago's ace reporter Hildy Johnson (Pat O'Brien) wants to quit newspaper work and get married, but his editor, the ruthless and egomaniac Walter Burns (Adolphe Menjou), is determined to keep him on the job.
The Front Page has been adapted for film and radio a number of times: The Front Page (1931), directed by Lewis Milestone, starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien. The 1931 film was presented as a one-hour radio adaption on June 28, 1937, by Lux Radio Theatre, starring Walter Winchell and James Gleason.
The Front Page, American screwball comedy, released in 1931, that is still widely regarded as one of Hollywood’s most accomplished farces. The film centres on star newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (played by Pat O’Brien), who is quitting his job in Chicago to move to New York City with his fiancée.
