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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.
Dec 20, 1974 · A classic screwball comedy directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as a reporter and an editor in Chicago. The film is based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and features a plot involving a prison escape and a hanging.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Billy Wilder
- 1974-12-20
The Front Page is a 1974 American black comedy-drama film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
Watch The Front Page with a subscription on Prime Video. Successful Chicago newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (Jack Lemmon) is hanging up his journalist's hat to marry Peggy Grant (Susan Sarandon).
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- Billy Wilder
- PG
- Jack Lemmon
A 1974 interview with director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I. A. L. Diamond about their adaptation of the classic comedy play "The Front Page". They discuss the challenges, changes and joys of working with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in the film version.
The Front Page is a comedy about a group of reporters covering a controversial execution in Chicago. It was a hit on Broadway in 1928 and influenced the portrayal of journalists in film and theater.
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 ...
