The Front Page (1931)
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Reviews Counted: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Apr 4, 1931 Wide
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This first of four film versions of the Ben Hecht/Charlrd MacArthur Broadway hit stars Adolphe Menjou as explosive Chicago newspaper-editor Walter Burns and Pat O'Brien as his star reporter Hildy Johnson. Hildy is on the verge of getting married and retiring from Burns' dirty little tabloid, but he agrees to cover one last story: the politically motivated execution of convicted cop killer Earl Williams (George E. Stone). Thanks to the stupidity of the police, Williams manages to escape, and
Apr 4, 1931 Wide
May 8, 2001
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Cast
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Adolphe Menjou
Walter Burns -
Pat O'Brien
Hildy Johnson -
Mary Brian
Peggy Grant -
Edward Everett Horton
Bensinger -
Walter Catlett
Murphy -
George E. Stone
Earl Williams -
Mae Clarke
Molly -
George "Slim" Summerville
Pincus -
Matt Moore
Kruger -
Frank McHugh
McCue -
Clarence H. Wilson
Sheriff Hartman -
Frederic Howard
Schwartz -
Phil Tead
Wilson -
Eugene Strong
Endicott -
Spencer Charters
Woodenshoe -
Maurice Black
Diamond Louie -
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Grant -
Dorothea Wolbert
Jenny -
James Gordon
The Mayor -
Richard Alexander
Jacobi -
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All Critics (15) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (1)
By far the highest honors in this go to Mr. Menjou, who gives as polished a performance of a gruff and unscrupulous editor as he used to give of a man about town.
Milestone's seminal newspaper drama launched a whole cycle of films and set the patterns for sagas about behind-the-scenes operations of tabloids.
Brilliantly cinematic version of the play pales next to the energy of His Girl Friday.
Has its share of funny lines and characters, but it's not nearly as funny as the most famous remake, 1940's His Girl Friday.
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Foreign Titles
- The Front Page (1931) (DE)
- The Front Page (1931) (UK)
