The front page / Howard Hughes presents Lewis Milestone's production ; by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur ; adaption by Bartlett Cormack ; directed by Lewis Milestone.
Publisher:
Kino Lorber,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Container of (work): Lux radio theatre (Radio program). 1937-06-28. Container of (work): Academy Award theatre (Radio program). 1946-06-22.
Notes:
Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Walter L. Catlett, George E. Stone, Mae Clarke, Slim Summerville, Matt Moore, Frank McHugh, Clarence H. Wilson, Freddie Howard, Phil Tead, Gene Strong. Based on the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931. "Preserved by the Library of Congress, Packard Campus for Studio Visual Conservation"--Opening screen. Special features include short documentary on the film preservation efforts of the Library of Congress; audio commentary by film historian Bret Wood; 1937 radio adaptation starring Walter Winchell presented by Cecil B. de Mille on Lux Radio Theater (60 min.); 1946 radio adaptation starring Adolphe Menjou and Pat O'Brien on the program Academy Award (30 min.).
Summary:
A newspaper editor and his ace reporter battle each other while fighting civic corruption in Chicago.
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