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Loading... The Front Page: A Play in Three Acts (1928)by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Hit comedy about Chicago journalists, filmed in 1931 with Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien, remade by Howard Hawks as the 1940 classic His Girl Friday with Cary Grant and Rosiland Russell., remade again in 1974 by Billy Wilder with Walter Matthau (as Cary Grant) and Jack Lemmon (as Rosalind Russell). I think it's about time for another go-around. no reviews | add a review
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Earl Williams, a convicted killer, escapes, throwing the Criminal Courts Building into chaos. Newspaper reporters attempt to "scoop" the story by holding Williams in a roll top desk in the press room. No library descriptions found. |
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Nice copy of Hecht and MacArthur's popular play set in Chicago, centered around newspaper reporters on the police beat. It ran for 278 performances on Broadway between August 14, 1928 - April, 1929, and served as the basis for three film adaptations: Lewis Milestone's The Front Page (1931), starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien, Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday (1940), starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, and Billy Wilder's 1974 adaptation The Front Page, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.