Description

The Front Page is a 1931 American comedy film, directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O’Brien (actor). Based on a The Front Page, 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 (actor), and Edward Everett Horton. At the 4th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture, Milestone for Academy Award for Best Director, and Menjou for Academy Award for Best Picture.

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”.

Cast

• Adolphe Menjou – Walter Burns
• Pat O’Brien (actor) – 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 (actor) – Ernie Kruger
• Frank McHugh – ‘Mac’ McCue
• Clarence Wilson (actor) – 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 (actor) – Fred, The Mayor