The Front Page (1931 film)
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| Directed by | Lewis Milestone |
| Produced by | Lewis Milestone Howard Hughes |
| Written by | Bartlett Cormack Charles Lederer |
| Starring | Adolphe Menjou Pat O'Brien Mary Brian |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Editing by | W. Duncan Mansfield |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 4 April 1931 |
| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Front Page is a 1931 American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien. Based on a Broadway play of the same name, the film was produced by Howard Hughes, written by Bartlett Cormack and Charles Lederer, and distributed by United Artists. The supporting cast includes Mary Brian, George E. Stone, Matt Moore, and Edward Everett Horton. At the 4th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Picture, Milestone for Best Director, and Menjou for Best Actor.
In 2010, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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[edit] Plot
The film, considered a screwball comedy, centers on an investigative reporter (Pat O'Brien) and his editor (Adolphe Menjou), who hope to cash in on a big story involving an escaped accused murderer (Stone) and hide him in a rolltop desk while everybody else tries to find him.
[edit] Cast (in credits order)
- Adolphe Menjou as Walter Burns
- Pat O'Brien as Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson
- Mary Brian as Peggy Grant
- Edward Everett Horton as Roy V. Bensinger
- Walter Catlett as Jimmy Murphy
- George E. Stone as Earl Williams
- Mae Clarke as Molly Malloy
- Slim Summerville as Irving Pincus
- Matt Moore as Ernie Kruger
- Frank McHugh as 'Mac' McCue
- Clarence Wilson as Sheriff Peter B. 'Pinky' Hartman
- Fred Howard as Schwartz
- Phil Tead as Wilson
- Eugene Strong as Endicott
- Spencer Charters as Woodenshoes
- Maurice Black as Diamond Louie
- Effie Ellsler as Mrs Grant
- Dorothea Wolbert as Jenny
- James Gordon as Fred, The Mayor
[edit] Adaptations
The film has been remade or adapted on several occasions. CBS radio turned it into a one-hour episode of Academy Award Theater with O'Brien and Menjou, the 28 June 1937 episode of Lux Radio Theater with Walter Winchell and James Gleason and the 9 May 1948 episode of the Ford Theatre starring Ed Begley and Everett Sloane.[1] The story was adapted for Howard Hawks's comedy His Girl Friday (1940), a 1974 remake of The Front Page starred Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau and another version was made as Switching Channels (1988) with Burt Reynolds, Kathleen Turner and Christopher Reeve.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of Over 1800 Shows. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0351-9.
[edit] External links
- The Front Page at the Internet Movie Database
- The Front Page is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- The Front Page at the TCM Movie Database
- The Front Page at AllRovi
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