Directed by:
Howard HawksCinematography:
Joseph WalkerCast:
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, Ernest Truex, Clarence Kolb, Roscoe Karns, Frank Jenks, Regis Toomey, Cliff Edwards (more)VOD (3)
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Walter Burns is a newspaper editor trying to hang on to his star reporter, Hildy Johnson, who is also Walter's ex-wife. Hildy is leaving journalism to go off and marry Bruce, but an escaped convict, hiding behind a desk in the newsroom, is the perfect bait for Walter to lure Hildy back to her job and to him. (Criterion)
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It wasn't until about twenty minutes in that I realized that I was actually watching the original to Billy Wilder's famous remake, and that's when comparing the two versions made me enjoy the film even more. The newer men's version of The Front Page wins in the end, though, because it's funny from start to finish and doesn't have such a protracted denouement as His Girl Friday, which, thanks to Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, is also a male-female struggle, but a rather pointless one.
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A great volley of words, sometimes unbelievable. Cary Grant is once again captivating as always, but Rosalind Russell is an absolutely equal rival and partner to him. Additionally, you're following a story that makes sense and isn't just about the romance between them. An excellently functioning film that stunned me with its eloquence. The screenwriters outdid themselves, but the actors especially show how natural such a game of dialogue can be.
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