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) | April 4, 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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Plot [edit]
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.
Cast (in credits order) [edit]
- Adolphe Menjou - Walter Burns
- Pat O'Brien - Hildebrand 'Hildy' Johnson
- Mary Brian - Peggy Grant
- Edward Everett Horton - Roy V. Bensinger
- Walter Catlett - Jimmy Murphy
- George E. Stone - Earl Williams
- Mae Clarke - Molly Malloy
- Slim Summerville - Irving Pincus
- Matt Moore - Ernie Kruger
- Frank McHugh - 'Mac' McCue
- Clarence Wilson - Sheriff Peter B. 'Pinky' Hartman
- Fred Howard - Schwartz
- Phil Tead - Wilson
- Eugene Strong - Endicott
- Spencer Charters - Woodenshoes
- Maurice Black - Diamond Louie
- Effie Ellsler - Mrs Grant
- Dorothea Wolbert - Jenny
- James Gordon - Fred, The Mayor
Adaptations [edit]
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.
See also [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of Over 1800 Shows. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0351-9.
External links [edit]
- 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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