The Front Page

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 60 honeymoon money to payoff an insider and get the scoop on the escape. However, Walter Burns (Adolphe Menjou), 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?

Directed by: Lewis Milestone

Produced by: Howard Hughes, Lewis Milestone

Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Pat O\'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, ...

This movie is in the Public Domain.