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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.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Lewis Milestone
- 1931-04-04
Apr 4, 2015 · The granddaddy of all journalism movies, United Artists' The Front Page (1931) was the first of four film versions of the 1928 Broadway hit written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Adolphe Menjou stars as bombastic Chicago tabloid editor Walter Burns, with Pat O'Brien as enterprising star reporter Hildy Johnson.
- Lewis Milestone, Nate Watt
- Adolph Menjou
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.
- Lee Pfeiffer
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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- Adolphe Menjou
- Lewis Milestone
- The Caddo Company
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.
Jan 11, 2017 · T he Front Page is the zestiest and most influential movie you’ve never seen. A critical sensation and a runaway hit in its original theatrical form in 1928, the play proved even more of a trendsetter when it first hit the screen in 1931.
