The Front Page | COLORIZED | Adolphe Menjou | Crime Drama | Romance
56Colorized Classic Film starring Adolphe Menjou: The Front Page - A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.
The Front Page (1931)
Director: Lewis Milestone
Writers: Ben Hecht(play), Charles MacArthur(play), Bartlett Cormack(adaptation)
Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: 19 March 1931 (USA)
Duration: 100 min
Filming Location: Metropolitan Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job. The court press room is full of lame reporters who invent stories as much as write them. All are waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes from the inept Sheriff, Hildy seizes the opportunity by using his $260 honeymoon money to payoff an insider and get the scoop on the escape. However, Walter Burns, the Post's editor, is slow to repay Hildy back, hoping that he will stay on the story. Getting a major scoop looks possible when Hildy stumbles onto the bewildered escapee and hides him in a roll-top desk in the press room. Burns shows up to help. Can they keep Williams' whereabouts secret long enough to get the scoop, especially with the Sheriff and other reporters hovering around?
Reviews:
"Way ahead of its time in both style and substance. The Front Page is a comic look at the underbelly of the newspaper business as well as a tough commentary on the times. In a press room outside the city jail, a group of newspaper reporters idly await the execution of a communist sympathizer accused of murder. Once the story heats up though, the press room becomes an absolute madhouse. The hilariously cynical script adapted from the play by Ben Hecht pulls no punches. Politics, the justice system, communist hysteria, love and marriage are all targets for the biting wit of the author. The script is complemented by a good ensemble cast. Pat O'Brien gives a good performance as Hildy Johnson, the star reporter for The Post, who is leaving his job for marriage. Adolphe Menjou steals the show, however, as Walter Burns, the conniving editor who will do anything to keep Johnson on the job. The rest of the news hounds are all expertly played, striking us as fun loving jokers one minute, but becoming downright violent the moment they smell a story. The movie also has a rare artistic style unequaled in most films. Though most of the movie takes place in the same location, the cinematography is done so well that we never feel we are watching a stage play. The cameras constantly move around the room, effectively putting us in the middle of the action. Pretty much everything about this film is done well. It is funny, edgy, artistic and thought provoking. Movies that can do all of that are few and far in between." -Written by km_dickson on IMDb.com
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) The Front Page
Argentina El cuarto poder
Brazil A Primeira Página
Brazil Última Hora
Finland Etusivu uusiksi
France Spéciale première
Hungary Címlapsztori
Japan Hanzai toshi
Japan (Japanese title) 犯罪都市（1931）
Poland Strona tytułowa
Soviet Union (Russian title) Первая полоса
Spain Un gran reportaje
Spain (Catalan title) (TV title) Primera plana
Sweden Det stora reportaget
UK The Front Page
USA The Front Page
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