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Front Page Woman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz. The screenplay by Laird Doyle, Lillie Hayward and Roy Chanslor based on the novel Women Are Bum Newspapermen by Richard Macauley. Plot. Ellen Garfield refuses to marry fellow reporter Curt Devlin until he admits she is as good at her craft as any man.
- July 20, 1935
- Samuel Bischoff
Front Page Woman: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, Wini Shaw. A woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Michael Curtiz
- 1935-07-20
In Michael Curtiz's Front Page Woman (1935), Bette Davis plays a "gal" reporter who strives to prove she's as good as any man. Unfortunately, the chief male she has to impress is her own beau, fellow newsperson George Brent, who strives to undermine her at every turn.
Front Page Woman (1935) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Roy Chanslor. Screenplay. Richard Macaulay. Story. Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.
With Bette Davis doing a role that Glenda Farrell or Joan Blondell was used to doing and George Brent standing in for James Cagney or Pat O'Brien, Front Page Woman is about a sob sister columnist wanting to prove she's as good at investigative reporting as the man she loves.
